Integrating Change and Project Management for Health Informatics

Vocabulary flashcards covering the impact of EHR and Health IT on healthcare knowledge workers, transformative factors, and change management based on NS-HIS 201 lecture material.

Knowledge Worker

A professional who creates, shares, and applies knowledge (such as a doctor, nurse, or clinician); a concept introduced by Peter Drucker in 1959.

Peter Drucker

The management consultant and author who first introduced the term "knowledge worker" in 1959.

ICD-10-CM

A clinical coding system that significantly transformed documentation and billing processes in healthcare.

Transformative Factors of EHR and Health IT

The seven key areas of change driven by health information technology: Workflow Transformation, Digital Data Management, Technology Integration, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Continuous Learning, and Change Management.

Workflow Transformation

The shift from paper-based systems to digital processes, requiring nurses and clinicians to learn new methods for documenting and accessing patient information to improve efficiency.

Digital Data Management

The electronic storage and handling of patient records, encompassing entering new data, updating existing files, retrieving records, and reviewing information for care planning.

Data Privacy

The essential practice of protecting confidential patient health records and information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure.

Technology Integration

The incorporation of digital systems—such as electronic documentation, electronic medication orders, e-prescribing, and clinical decision support—into everyday clinical and nursing practice.

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

A health IT application integrated into clinical practice that provides alerts and guidance to protect patient safety, decrease errors, and improve outcomes.

E-Prescribing

A digital health IT tool that enables healthcare providers to electronically generate and transmit medication orders and prescriptions.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

The use of shared EHR systems across healthcare professions (nurses, doctors, pharmacists) to enhance communication, teamwork, and coordinated patient care.

Data-Driven Decision-Making

The clinical practice of utilizing EHR-accessible patient data, lab results, clinical guidelines, and evidence-based information to guide nursing care and medical decisions.

Continuous Learning

Ongoing education, regular training, and professional development necessary for healthcare workers to confidently stay updated with evolving health IT systems.

Change Management

A structured approach employing training, communication, and technological support to alleviate stress, confusion, and resistance during health IT adoption.

Autonomous Decision-Making

A characteristic of healthcare knowledge workers describing their ability to practice independently and participate actively in clinical judgment.

Soft Skills (Knowledge Workers)

Essential non-technical skills including communication, emotional intelligence, and teamwork that knowledge workers apply alongside technical clinical tasks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI in Healthcare)

Computational tools applied in health informatics to assist with diagnosis, risk prediction, treatment recommendations, data analysis, drug research, and vaccine development.

Telehealth

Remote healthcare delivery and virtual interaction modalities whose adoption and integration were significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.