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The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recognizes the vital role of health information technology (HIT) in the delivery of quality health care to women and newborns. Hospital and institution-wide HIT systems should capture specialty-specific data to reduce documentation burden, maximize time with patients ...
3 sty 2017 · Perinatal nursing is a high-touch care specialty; therefore, HIT systems must enable rather than detract from hands-on nursing care. Members of our specialty must collect and access needed data from across the lifespan of women, infants, and the clinicians who care for them.
8 kwi 2011 · The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recognizes the vital role of health information technology (HIT) in the health care delivery system of the United States. Because AWHONN members primarily provide care to women and infants, AWHONN is especially interested in HIT and data collection in the perinatal setting.
13 lis 2023 · The AWHONN Standards of Practice set forth in this ninth edition are intended to define the roles, functions, and competencies of the registered nurse who strives to provide high-quality services to patients, families, and communities.
Electronic health records (EHR) The EMR examines a patient’s medical history and is used by providers for diagnosis and treatments. The EHR is designed to be shared outside the individual practice and allows a patient’s information to be updated from specialities, to laboratories and imaging facilities, etc.
On some obstetric units, nurses are designated to patient data management systems. This position is beneficial as it allows a clinician to advocate for change while providing real time assistance as a technical issue surfaces.
For women’s health, obstetric and neonatal nurses, informatics competencies might include the following: Basic computer literacy (use of the mouse, word processing, sending and receiving e-mail, saving documents, attaching docu-ments, making spreadsheets, etc.).
