Supplemental Websites for this Chapter

Information to Supplement this Chapter from the Authors

Other Websites Pertinent to this Chapter

Websites from this Chapter in the Text

Websites Referred to in the Text of this Chapter

Chapter References for this Chapter that Are Online

Onsite Information to Supplement the Text

• Two Women Pioneers of the 19th Century
• Historical Perspective on Nursing Informatics
• History of Computers Prior to 1950
• History of Computers and Health 1950 to present
• Computer Competencies (courtesy of Drs Staggers and Gassert)
• Definitions of Nursing Informatics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offsite Websites That Are Pertinent to This Chapter

• Competencies
• Computer History
• Healthcare Informatics Overview
• Informatics in the Nursing Curriculum
• Information Literacy (Chapter 11)
• Nursing Informatics AMIA History project (off site)
• Nursing Informatics Bibliography (off site)
• Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER)

Competencies

Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform's (TIGER) Competency Wiki. This site has a pdf report and a spreadsheet of all the comptencies. (Added August 6, 2010)
http://tigercompetencies.pbworks.com/

Self assessment

Nursing Informatics Assessment. Has competencies under technical, utility and leadership. Also lists competencies on areas that span these areas.
http://nursing-informatics.com/niassess/index.html

This is a test that actually tests proficiencies. You might want to modify it.
http://cfcc.edu/learninglab/cc/practiceTest.html

This site has a list of tasks in spreadsheets.
http://business.uhh.hawaii.edu/cce/tasklist.php

Here is a list of requirements.
http://www.nvcc.edu/medical/testing/index_files/COMPUTERCOMPETENCYTEST.pdf

Actual knowledge questions

This site is from a group of hospitals. To take the test one must create a name as well as enter other information.
http://www.memorialcare.org/basic_computer/basic_computer_form.cfm

This site is from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. There are questions there that test knowledge of browsing the Web, email, Word, and the operating system.
http://www.units.muohio.edu/mcs/suppctr/lis/WebForms/ProfSelfAssessment.shtml

Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER)

A column about the beginnings of TIGER.
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/
OJIN/Columns/Informatics/TheTigerProject.aspx

The educational informatics competencies developed by TIGER.
http://tigercompetencies.pbworks.com/

TIGER Phase II Report.
http://www.tigersummit.com/uploads/TIGER_Collaborative_Exec_Summary_040509.pdf

TIGER Home Page
http://www.tigersummit.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Websites Referred to in Text of Chapter

Leapfrog Group home page -http://www.leapfroggroup.org/cp

Informatics competencies - http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Competencies2008.doc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References in this Chapter that are Online

AHIMA & AMIA. (2006). Building the Workforce for Health Information Transformation.   Retrieved November 11, 2008 from http://www.ahima.org/emerging_issues/Workforce_web.pdf

Analytical Engine. (2007, October 1).   Retrieved November 11, 2008 from http://www.ahima.org/emerging_issues/Workforce_web.pdf

Delong, D., & Force, H. N. T. (2007, April 23). The T.I.G.E.R. Update: Facilitating collaboration among participating organizations to achieve the TIGER vision.   Retrieved November 11, 2008 from http://www.himss.org/handouts/TIGER_PhaseII_Collaboratives.pdf

Herman Hollerith - Punch Cards. (n.d.).   Retrieved Novenber 11, 2008, from http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhollerith.htm

Leapfrog Group. How & Why Leapfrog Started.   Retrieved November 11, 2008 from http://www.leapfroggroup.org/about_us/how_and_why

Leapfrog Group. (2007, February). Leapfrog Fact Sheet.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.leapfroggroup.org/about_us/leapfrog-factsheet

Middle East Technical University. (n.d.). Introduction to Medical Informatics.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.ii.metu.edu.tr/~ion535/demo/lecture_notes/week1/week1-4.html

Moye, W. T. (1996, January). ENIAC: The Army-Sponsored Revolution.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/96summary/

National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice. (1997, 1997). A national informatics agenda for nursing education and practice.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from Full report at ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov//bhpr/nursing/nireport/NIFull.pdf

National Forum on Information Literacy. (2004). Forum Overview.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://infolit.org/

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (2004, November 9). Health IT Strategic Framework Executive Summary.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/executivesummary.html

Pew Health Professions Commissions. (1998). Recreating health professional practice for a new century: The fourth report of the Pew Health Professions Commission. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/recreate.pdf

Problem-Oriented Medical Information System. (n.d.).   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Problem-Oriented%20Medical%20Information%20System

Thompson, T. G. (2004, May 6). Health information technology summit.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.hhs.gov/news/speech/2004/040506.html

University of Minnesota Duluth. (2006, July 17). Computer literacy homepage.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/ComputLit.html

Womack, D., Newbold, S. K., Staugaitis, H., & Cunningham, B. (2004, January). Technology's role in addressing Maryland's nursing shortage: Innovations & Examples.   Retrieved November 11, 2008, from http://www.mbon.org/commission/nsg_innovation.pdf

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