NCM 110: Nursing Informatics in South America

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the development and status of Nursing Informatics across South America, specifically focusing on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Cuba, as well as regional organizations like MERCOSUR and PAHO.

South America Geography

Consists of 12 countries in 3 territories, covering an area of $17,819,100\,km^2$, which is $12\%$ of Earth’s surface.

Brazil Population

The most populated country in South America with $201,033,000$ people.

MERCOSUR

An integration of states parties created in 1991 via the Treaty of Asunción, containing Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Treaty of Asunción

The 1991 agreement signed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay to create MERCOSUR.

TEC

The Common external tariff established within MERCOSUR.

FOCEM

The Fund for Structural Convergence of MERCOSUR, created in 2004 to promote structural convergence, competitiveness, and social cohesion.

FOCEM Contributors

The biggest contributors are Brazil ($70\%$) and Argentina ($27\%$).

South American Health Systems

Systems that are often fragmented and segmented, where 6 countries, including Brazil, recognize health as a universal constitutional right.

Information Society Index

A measure used to evaluate the use of information, computers, and social infrastructure.

PAHO eHealth Strategy and Plan of Action (2012–2017)

An objective to improve health conditions and professional performance through ICT, digital literacy, and access to scientific evidence.

Florence Nightingale

The pioneer who established nursing as a profession, whose death's 100th anniversary was celebrated in 2010.

ECLAC

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, which organized a meeting in Chile to endorse ICT in the region.

Argentina NI Movement

The first formal nursing informatics movement in South America, which began in Argentina in 1991.

AAIM

The Argentina Association of Medical Informatics, affiliated with the Nursing Informatics Group and a country member of IMIA.

Project FAENET

The Virtual network of nursing Argentina of the Federation Argentina of Nursing, designed to connect nurses and provide information management tools.

Fogarty International Center Grant

A grant from the National Institutes of Health (U.S.) that promoted a bilateral consortium to enhance health informatics training in Brazil.

RUTE Network

A network coordinated by the National Network of Teaching and Research and the National Program of Telehealthcare that integrates teaching hospitals in Brazil.

TIGER Brazil Initiative

Technology Guiding Education Reform, founded in 2004 to improve nursing practice, education, and patient care through Health Information Technology (HIT).

NIEn-UNIFESP

The Nursing Informatics Research Group at the Federal University of São Paulo, which was the first NI research group in Brazil.

ICNP

International Classification for Nursing Practice, which Brazil began disseminating around 1996.

CCC System

The Clinical Care Classification System, developed by Virginia Saba and translated into Portuguese in 2008.

ISO 18104

An international standard approved in 2003 (originally ISO 18104:2003) to create a unified nursing terminology reference model for diagnoses and actions.

Chile Digital Agenda Initiative

An initiative established by the Ministry of Health to introduce ICT into healthcare to increase competitiveness and equality.

Project FONDEF

Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico del Gobierno de Chile, which provides funding for the master program in nursing informatics.

REICH

Red de Enfermería Informática de Chile, led by Luisa Sepulveda Moreno, aimed at promoting cooperation among Chilean nurses interested in NI.

Cuba NI Evolution

Began evolving in 1976 when computing was introduced as a subject in nursing curricula.

REDENFI

The Network of Nursing Informatics in Cuba, led by Niurka Vialart Vidal and Xaily Gavilondo Marino.

WGNI IMIA-LAC

The Working Group of Nursing Informatics at IMIA-LAC, established in 2008 to coordinate the International Network of Nursing Informatics of PAHO (RIEI).

RIEI

Red Internacional de Enfermería Informática de OPS (PAHO), working with WGNI IMIA-LAC to share knowledge through ICT resources.