Current Trends in Nursing Informatics: Results of an International Survey

• Published in: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 225; p. 938
• Main Authors: Peltonen, Laura-Maria, Alhuwail, Dari, Ali, Samira, Badger, Martha K, Eler, Gabrielle Jacklin, Georgsson, Mattias, Islam, Tasneem, Jeon, Eunjoo, Jung, Hyunggu, Kuo, Chiu-Hsiang, Lewis, Adrienne, Pruinelli, Lisiane, Ronquillo, Charlene, Sarmiento, Raymond Francis, Sommer, Janine, Tayaben, Jude L, Topaz, Maxim
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2016
• Series: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
• Subjects: Nursing Informatics - trends; Surveys and Questionnaires; nomenclature; funding; patient safety; education; human experiment; student; decision support system; research priority; clinical practice; nursing informatics; human; summer
• ISBN: 1614996571; 9781614996576
• ISSN: 0926-9630
• DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-938

Nursing informatics (NI) can help provide effective and safe healthcare. This study aimed to describe current research trends in NI. In the summer 2015, the IMIA-NI Students Working Group created and distributed an online international survey of the current NI trends. A total of 402 responses were submitted from 44 countries. We identified a top five NI research areas: standardized terminologies, mobile health, clinical decision support, patient safety and big data research. NI research funding was considered to be difficult to acquire by the respondents. Overall, current NI research on education, clinical practice, administration and theory is still scarce, with theory being the least common. Further research is needed to explain the impact of these trends and the needs from clinical practice.