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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Journals & Magazines
CANADA
Canadian Healthcare Technology
keeps healthcare executives and managers up-to-date about the latest computer-based solutions for improving medical care and making healthcare organizations more efficient. The magazine reaches over 12,000 managers in Canadian hospitals, clinics, community-care and home-care organizations.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics
Our very own journal from CNIA, created to showcase Nursing Informatics initiatives in Canada and around the world. A peer-reviewed venue for members of the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association, and other researchers who work with Nursing Informatics to disseminate their research, essays, reviews, presentations, multimedia and other digital publishable materials on a global scale.
PDA Cortex - The Journal of Mobile Informatics
An online journal dedicated to the use of mobile computing in nursing. On these pages nurses and all members of the healthcare team, can keep abreast of the changes in Mobile Informatics, and collaborate to advance Mobile Computing in healthcare.
International
BMJ Collections: Information in Practice
Collected citations with full text and PDF viewing of BMJ articles on the use of information and informatics
in practice. Includes access to related collections on the use of the world wide web in practice and other medical informatics papers and publications.
The
Journal of Informatics in Primary Care
Published in alliance with the Primary Health Care Specialist Group and the British Computer Society.
The
JMIR: Journal of Medical Internet Research
The international scientific journal for e-Health, founded in 1999, is the first international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies; a broad field, which is nowadays called "eHealth" and which has significant overlaps with the field of "consumer health informatics."
The Online Journal of Nursing Informatics - OJNI
A professional, refereed, electronic journal for healthcare professionals who are interested in nursing informatics. Topical areas covered deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of nursing informatics as it relates to the art of nursing.
OJNI is published every 4 months and is launched at the end of June, October, and February.
USA
CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
CIN covers the application of computer technology to contemporary nursing practice, explaining the "how-to" and "why" at each step of the way. From the computer novice to experienced user, CIN offers a complete package that delivers realistic solutions in high-quality, peer-reviewed articles. Readers discover how to use technology to save time and money, increase productivity, and improve communication. Departments and columns reexamine assumptions and analyze new trends.
Healthcare
Informatics
Articles about information technology in healthcare, as well as international healthcare IT, improving outcomes research and hiring the most talented IT professionals. Back issues available in full text online.
The Informatics Review
Is the e-journal of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems. A electronic serial designed to allow busy medical and information system professionals interested in the latest academic developments in clinical informatics and computing to stay abreast of this rapidly evolving field.
Journal of
Computer Mediated Communication
A journal for new media, published by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
Articles submitted to JCMC should make a contribution to knowledge in the field of computer-mediated communication. No one discipline, and no single methodology is viewed as inherently superior. Research based in any of the social sciences is welcome.
Journal of the
American Medical Informatics Association
AMIA's bimonthly journal, JAMIA, presents peer-reviewed articles that assist physicians, informaticians, scientists, nurses, and other health care professionals develop and apply medical informatics to patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. JAMIA has rapidly established a reputation for presenting high-quality, cutting-edge information. Each issue contains state-of-the-art reviews, discussion forums, and invited editorials presented as brief reviews or full-length papers. A variety of formats accommodates work at all stages, from model formulation through definitive studies.