Implemnt/Mngmt & Eval Clinical/Nurs Systems

This course focuses on the role of the nurse informaticist in the selection, implementation, management, and evaluation of nursing, clinical, and health care information systems. Strategies supporting system selection, change management, return on investment, value metrics, clinician buy-in, training, system security, monitoring, and evaluation criteria are presented reflective of a variety of clinical settings. The use of data in the provision of integrated information necessary for making critical business and or patient care delivery decision are also explored. In addition, regulatory and HIPAA standards and their impact on system implementation, management, and evaluation are also discussed.