How do they match: Health Informatics Specialists

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.
Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.
Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.
Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.
Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.
Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.

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