INFORMATICS RELATED RESOURCES
This section of the site offers links to other websites related to nursing and health informatics in Canada, the USA and Internationally.
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Educational Opportunities
CANADA
Athabasca University: Introduction to Nursing Informatics
Nursing (NURS) 322 is offered online through Canada's Open University via distance education. NURS 322 is designed to introduce applications of informatics systems to nursing practice, education, research, and administration. Hardware, software, databases, communications applications, computer developments and associated legal and ethical issues are addressed. Students learn how nurses can assess, develop and use nursing information systems to work more efficiently, allocate resources more effectively, and improve client care. Offers undergraduate and graduate course.
British Columbia Institute of Technology, School of Health Sciences
Health Information Systems Technology Management Program. Offered online, degree courses. Content areas include health informatics, health information systems, and telehealth. Some course credits are transferable to the BCIT/UBC Masters in Health Administration program.
Centennial College
This Ontario-based program offers a Certificate Program in Nursing Telepractice. Designed for nurses currently working in acute care or community settings. It assists nurses with developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for nursing telepractice.
Dalhousie University
Master of Health Informatics offered by the the Faculty of Computer Science and the Faculty of Medicine. The core program provides essential understanding and skills development related to information tools and technologies. The program aims to provide a conceptual understanding of health and health care systems.
HITS - Health Informatics Training System The Health Informatics Training System (HITS) is the world's leading online resource for acquiring a clear understanding of health informatics and its contribution to administrative and clinical best practice. Endorsed jointly by COACH, Canada's Health Informatics Association, and the Canadian Nurses Association.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Nursing Informatics Integration Curriculum
Developed by nursing faculty, June Kaminski for registered Kwantlen BSN nursing students. Informatics learning activities are integrated into every course of the four year program with an emphasis on computer and information technology literacy and nursing informatics theory and pedagogy. Located in Surrey, British Columbia.
The Learning Center at Nursing Informatics.com
Several courses in Nursing Informatics applied to Nursing Practice, Education, Business, and Research. These courses are personalized, self-paced and taken entirely online in the privacy and comfort of your own home or office. You will receive one to one interaction with your instructor and your modes of assessment and study will be fine-tuned to suit your personal learning styles, preferences and needs. Each course entails the equivalent of 39 hours of instruction/learning or 3 hours per week for thirteen weeks (the average length of a 3.0 credit college or university course). Continuing Education (CE) equivalent accreditation approved by the California Board of Nursing.
Nipissing University Nursing Informatics Course
NURS 4006 Nursing Informatics is offered in the fourth year of the Bachelor of Nursing Program. This course focuses on the use of information technology as it relates to nursing practice, education, and research. It will examine the principles related to health care information systems. Students will have hands-on training with a clinical information system in the computer lab and clinical setting. Located in North Bay, Ontario.
Nursing Informatics Competencies: Self Assessment
This site was created to offer registered nurses an online tool for self assessment in general Nursing Informatics competencies. Various competency taxonomies have been reviewed and integrated in the process. The intention of this work is to give you a preliminary analysis of your current expertise and learning needs in the realm of informatics in nursing. This is purely a professional development exercise in self assessment for the purpose of assisting you in creating a personal learning plan for further education and practice
University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies
Faculty of Nursing - Informatics: Theory & Application: Dr. Lynn Nagle. The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the development and significance of informatics for nursing practice, administration, research, and education. The course will focus primarily on the issues, challenges, and opportunities related to nursing informatics.
University of Victoria, School of Health Information Science
The School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria offers the only comprehensive undergraduate and graduate health informatics education programs in Canada. The BSc in health informatics is a 4-year undergraduate degree with 3 co-op work terms. The MSc has a full-time on-campus stream and a part-time distributed (online) stream. The PhD program is by special arrangement.
The School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria has recently launched a new part-time distributed Master degree program (online). This is a 2-year program where students engage in online course work each term and a 2-week intensive face-to-face workshop in Victoria each summer. The program has 3 intakes each year in January, May and September, and is ideal for working professionals who wish to specialize in health informatics without having to leave their workplace. See School website for details:
http://hinf.uvic.ca/index.php
University of Waterloo, Computer Science: Health Informatica
Offers graduate students pursuing M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees the opportunity to explore key topics in health informatics and to do projects or theses that have applications in the area of health informatics.
York University BA in Information Technology: Health Informatics Option
This degree will provide you with specific knowledge and insight into the growing field of health informatics. You will learn about the use of information management as it relates to all aspects of the health care sector, as well as how to develop and manage information systems.
International
Central Queensland University Bachelor of Nursing Informatics
CQU is an academic institutional member of the International Medical Informatics Association (I.M.I.A.)
This program has been developed to meet the needs of registered nurses who wish or need to make better use of available computer, information and telecommunication technologies to support their area of practice. The use of these technologies including electronic health records has the potential to improve the efficiency, safety and quality of care. The program provides registered nurses with a sound foundation for contemporary nursing practice and possible further study in the nursing informatics discipline.
Monash University Health Informatics Studies - Australia
Undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate diplomas and certificates in health informatics through the Centre for Medical Informatics. Provides excellence in medical informatics in the areas of teaching, research and development, and community service. HIE serves as a focal point for industry, government, academia and the various disciplines of medicine seeking to integrate technology with health care.
The Learning Center at Nursing Informatics.com
Several courses in Nursing Informatics applied to Nursing Practice, Education, Business, and Research. These courses are personalized, self-paced and taken entirely online in the privacy and comfort of your own home or office. You will receive one to one interaction with your instructor and your modes of assessment and study will be fine-tuned to suit your personal learning styles, preferences and needs. Each course entails the equivalent of 39 hours of instruction/learning or 3 hours per week for thirteen weeks (the average length of a 3.0 credit college or university course). Continuing Education (CE) equivalent accreditation approved by the California Board of Nursing.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Health Informatics Graduate Studies - UK
We run a Masters Programme in Healthcare Informatics, with the option to extend to Doctoral level research, in partnership with the University of Bath. To complement this programme we offer a range of CPD modules, which will facilitate the achievement of government defined competency standards for all healthcare workers at all levels.
University Department of Rural Health, Tasmania
Offers Graduate Studies and Professional Development Units in E-Health and Health Informatics. These units offer practising and potential health professionals opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in using E-Health technologies. The part-time external units use flexible teaching and learning technologies, incorporating both electronic and print-based options. Materials are structured to cater for individual learning preferences, ranging from the more traditional structured path to self-directed learning options. The units can be completed with a minimum of disruption to home and work life, as there is no compulsory residential component.
University of Wollongong, Faculty of Informatics
Mission is to provide the highest quality education to produce outstanding graduates in the areas of Information Technology and Computer Science, Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, and Mathematics and Applied Statistics. Located one hour from Sydney in Australia.
USA
Case Western Reserve University
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Informatics at Case Western Reserve University is built on a liberal arts and professional nursing education. Three semesters of full-time study for registered nurses who enter with the BSN lead to the MSN Degree. The program emphasizes the preparation of graduates who can analyze nursing information requirements, design systems, manage information and its technological requirements, identify system implementation strategies, implement user training strategies, and evaluate system effectiveness in clinical, educational, administrative and research venues.
Duke University Informatics Program
Offers one of the best graduate program in Nursing Informatics with 5 years experience in offering high quality online nursing informatics courses. Dr. Linda Goodwin, Director.
New York University Graduate Program in Nursing Informatics
Masters degree or Post-Masters certificate in Nursing Informatics. Advanced clinical study in nursing informatics, with an emphasis on clinical experiences and the opportunity to work on clinical projects in the major health care centers in the New York metropolitan area.
On-line
lessons in Clinical Informatics
A link list of online activities and various courses offered by universities and colleges across the US and some in Canada, compliled by The Informatics Review journal staff.
Saint Louis University Masters with Nursing Informatics Specialty
The master's degree programs offer flexible, part-or full-time curriculum plans specifically designed for working RNs. The master’s specialty in Nursing Informatics prepares nurses for the role of informatics nurse specialist. The informatics nurse specialist practices within the full range of activities that focus on nursing/clinical information systems and information handling. Students participate in a unique, multidisciplinary 41-semester hour curriculum that provides the basis for synthesis and integration of knowledge. In addition, a 27-semester hour Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Informatics is available.
University of Arizona Online Graduate Programs in Nursing Informatics (Systems)
Online doctoral and Masters program. Our goal is to make our excellent graduate education more accessible to students who cannot always leave their homes or jobs to attend a face-to-face program. Focal areas for study are available in systems or informatics, vulnerable populations, and biobehavioral responses to injury mechanisms.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing
Completely Online Health Care Informatics Master's program now available. Please see Press Release
University of Maryland Nursing Informatics Graduate Program
The Nursing Informatics specialty is offered through the Department of Nursing Education, Administration, Health Policy, and Informatics. The goal of the Master of Science program in nursing informatics is to prepare graduates to analyze nursing information requirements, design system alternatives, manage information technology, identify and implement user training strategies and evaluate the effectiveness of clinical and/or management information systems in patient care.
University of Maryland Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
Designed for nurse managers and executives, nurses interfacing with information systems departments, managers of nursing information systems, informatics educators, and other interested healthcare providers. The Institute will benefit nurses who are new to informatics and as well those who have experience in the field. Concurrent breakout sessions facilitate attainment of individual learning goals. Following the phenomenal success of last year's conference, a portion of the Summer Institute will be devoted to paper presentations by attendees! Come share your work with other informaticians at this prestigious conference.
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Graduate Program in Nursing Informatics
The Health Systems Nurse Specialist (HSNS) program prepares nurses for leadership in one of three specialty areas: Public-Community Health Nursing, Nursing Administration, or Nursing Informatics. The three specialties share a core of system-focused courses from which the knowledge and practice of each specialty is built. All courses are available during evening hours and via distance education.
University of Michigan Nursing and Information Systems Dual Masters Degrees
Graduates of this unique dual-degree program receive a Master's of Science degree in Nursing Business and Health Systems and a Master's of Science degree in Information from the School of Information concurrently. This dual degree program offers a valuable and unique opportunity for nurse leaders to gain interdisciplinary preparation for the information age in both nursing systems and information management at one of the premier educational institutions in the world.
University of Nebraska Medical Center - Health System Nurse Specialist
The Nursing Informatics M.S.N. program is a 40-credit joint program that is offered collaboratively by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Courses are taught by faculty of these two academic institutions. Graduates of the program are Informatics Nurse Specialists (INS). The INS is concerned with the design, structure, and presentation of information and how these issues impact nurses' decision-making.
University of North Carolina MSN in Health Care Systems
The dynamic health care delivery system requires new skills of administrative and clinical nursing leaders. The Health Care Systems (HCS) Advanced Practice Area focuses on preparing students with knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of leadership positions in evolving health care organizations. This advanced practice area includes content in management and leadership, informatics, finance, human resource management, quality improvement, outcomes management, and education. Such an approach prepares graduates with knowledge and skills needed to develop, implement, and measure the impact of innovations in care delivery at all levels within health care organizations.
University of Pennsylvania Health Informatics Minor
This minor emphasizes knowledge and skills in health and nursing informatics. Courses focus on concepts and issues surrounding technology and information management in today’s rapidly changing health care environment. This minor’s aim is to augment advanced practice, administrative, and leadership Master’s programs.