1.

Wisdom
Use of knowledge to manage and solve problems.

2. Knowledge
Interpretation and understanding. Answers question that begin with how and why.

3. Information
Processing and organization of data. Answers the who, what, where, when, and
how many of questions.

4. Data
Naming, organizing, collecting.

Electronic Health Record

 Computerized patient records
 Large data are being stored
 Manage health information using modern information techniques
 Made up electronic medical records (EMR) from different departments, such as
laboratory, radiology, pharmacology department, etc.

TYPES OF DATA STORED IN EHR

 Patient profile
 Results of medical examination
 Medical history; History of allergies; immunization record, etc
 Development of health condition tests
 Medication History
 Record of appointments
 Billing records
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM APPLICABLE IN NURSING PRACTICE

Special software is installed in the computer system. Microprocessor-based and has built
in statistical information.

Example:

 NIBP
Patient Monitor  Heart rate
 Body Temperature
 Oxygen saturation


Central Monitor Computerized charting
 Computerized decision-
making

Critical Care Information System

 Provides real-time resource utilization data and management of information
 Integration of medical facilities in the critical care
 Electronic collection of hospital and patient-specific critical care data of patients which
can be processed to create a patient profile.

HOSPITAL OR CRITICAL CARE APPLICATION

Critical Care Nursing

An area of expertise of Nursing that focus specifically to life-threatening health problems
of a critically-ill patients.

Critical Care Nurse

Ensures that critically-ill patients should receive optimal nursing care.
Performs complex assessment and monitoring, provides high intensity medication and
continuous therapy.

ADVANTAGES OF CRITICAL CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM

 Integrates and process physiologic and diagnostic information.

 Creates trends and analysis with graphical representation of results.
 Offline stimulation can be performed.
 Clinical decision support system.
 Access to vital patient information.
 Provides alert, feedback, and quick evaluation of the patient condition.