[PubMed] Guideposts to the Future - An Agenda for Nursing Informatics.

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Guideposts to the Future - An Agenda for Nursing Informatics.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 Oct 26;

Authors: McCormick KA, Delaney CJ, Brennan PF, Effken JA, Kendrick K, Murphy J, Skiba DJ, Weaver CA, Weiner B, Westra BL

As new directions and priorities emerge in healthcare, nursing informatics leaders must prepare to guide the profession appropriately. To use an analogy, where a road bends or changes directions, guideposts indicate how drivers can stay on course. The AMIA Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG) produced this white paper as the product of a meeting convened: 1) to describe anticipated nationwide changes in demographics, healthcare quality, and healthcare informatics; 2) to assess the potential impact of genomic medicine and of new threats to society; 3) to align AMIA NIWG resources with emerging priorities; and, 4) to identify guideposts in the form of an agenda to keep the NIWG on course in light of new opportunities. The anticipated societal changes provide opportunities for nursing informatics. Resources described below within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Committee for Health and Vital Statistics (NCVHS) can help to align AMIA NIWG with emerging priorities. The guideposts consist of priority areas for action in informatics, nursing education and research. Nursing informatics professionals will collaborate as full participants in local, national and international efforts related to the guideposts, in order to make significant contributions that empower patients and providers for safer healthcare.

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