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Health Informatics Specialists: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.
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This source lists 17 tasks, including 16 marked Core and 1 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2024.
17 tasks shown
Core · Task 18090 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
Core · Task 18092 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
Core · Task 18097 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
Core · Task 18094 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
Core · Task 18101 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
Core · Task 18096 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.
Core · Task 18093 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.
Core · Task 18088 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.
Core · Task 18089 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.
Core · Task 18095 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.
Core · Task 18100 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.
Core · Task 18102 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics.
Core · Task 18099 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.
Core · Task 18098 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research.
Core · Task 18104 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics.
Core · Task 18103 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration.
Supplemental · Task 18091 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Plan, install, repair, or troubleshoot telehealth technology applications or systems in homes.
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