The impact of Health Information Technology (I-HIT) scale : the Australian results


Autoria(s): Cook, Robyn; Foster, Joanne
Contribuinte(s)

Saranto , K.

Brennan, P.

Park, H-A.

Tallberg, M.

Ensio, A.

Data(s)

2009

Resumo

One of role of the nurse in the clinical setting is that of coordinating communication across the healthcare team. On a daily basis nurses interact with the person receiving care, their family members, and multiple care providers thus placing the nurse in the central position with access to a vast array of information on the person. Through this nurses have historically functioned as “information repositories”. With the advent of Health Information Technology (HIT) tools there is a potential that HIT could impact interdisciplinary communication, practice efficiency and effectiveness, relationships and workflow in acute care settings \[1]\[3]. In 2005, the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community developed the IHITScale to measure the impact of HIT on the nursing role and interdisciplinary communication in USA hospitals. In 2007, nursing informatics colleagues from Australia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and the USA formed a research collaborative to validate the IHIT in six additional countries. This paper will discuss the background, methodology, results and implications from the Australian IHIT survey of over 1100 nurses. The results are currently being analyzed and will be presented at the conference.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/31928/

Publicador

IOS Press BV

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/31928/1/c31928.pdf

Cook, Robyn & Foster, Joanne (2009) The impact of Health Information Technology (I-HIT) scale : the Australian results. In Saranto , K., Brennan, P., Park, H-A., Tallberg, M., & Ensio, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Nursing Informatics : Connecting Health and Humans, IOS Press BV, Helsinki, pp. 400-404.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 IOS Press BV

Fonte

Faculty of Health; School of Nursing

Palavras-Chave #080702 Health Informatics #Nurses #Communication #Information Technology #Information #Roles
Tipo

Conference Paper