AONE Position Paper on the Nursing Informatics Executive Leader

Christel Anderson of HIMSS announced that AONE (American Organization of Nurse Executives) has issued a position statement on the Nursing Informatics Executive Leader that is available at: http://www.aone.org/resources/leadership%20tools/PDFs/AONE_Technology_Committee_CNIO_Position_Paper.pdf. 

The AONE position paper utilizes the HIMSS Position Statement on Transforming Nursing Practice through Technology & Informatics.

• “Technology will continue to be a fundamental enabler to the future care delivery models and nursing informatics leaders will be essential to transforming practice through technology (HIMSS Position Statement, 2011).”

• An essential ingredient is the inclusion at the leadership table providing budgeting, oversight and strategic guidance to support not only nursing practice, “but the entire care delivery team in anticipating and adapting to changes in the health care environment bridging new care delivery models into clinical practice with the right technology solution” (HIMSS Position Statement, 2011).

As Christel noted, "this position statement, our [HIMSS] position statement, the IOM Report of the Future of Nursing Report and many other notable documents are demonstrating the role and power of nursing and nursing informatics professionals that together, nurses and nursing informatics must lead, and be visible, vocal and present at the table to achieve healthcare delivery transformation'."

New Additions to Informatics and Nursing Website

Linda added two additions to Chapter 17 on the textbook website we maintain:

2011 HIMSS Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey
www.himss.org/ASP/ContentRedirector.asp?ContentID=76364

AONE's (American Organization of Nurse Executives) position paper on the Nursing Informatics Executive Leader.
http://www.aone.org/resources/leadership%20tools/PDFs/AONE_Technology_
Committee_CNIO_Position_Paper.pdf

The AONE position paper has some very important language and is recommended for reading!  The opening paragraph is quoted below:

"Technology is revolutionizing the manner in which health care is delivered. Clinicians and consumers are incorporating high-speed data networks, wireless solutions, handheld devices, automated exchanges between organizations/clinicians and patients and various forms of social media into their daily interactions. Adapting to these new environments requires a shift in expectations for how care is delivered and communicated. This shift necessitates a greater understanding of the constant evolution of new solutions into practice. Nurses are at the core of these changes and are the care providers with the greatest amount of direct patient contact; therefore the nursing informatics leadership roles provide a significant backdrop towards achieving organizational informatics goals and priorities."