Questions for your consideration
Please choose one of the following questions for discussion into the forum. You may also wish to create a question of your own on this topic that may engage others in this learning activity:
1. Consider that your agency is in need of hiring a NIS. What types of work and skill sets would you consider necessary for this person to be successful in an informatics role? Provide examples for your suggestions.
2. What specific factors not only influence the requirements for establishing the role of the NIS but also affect the potential success of failure of this position?
3. Which person is credited as being the first NIS? What did he or she contribute to advance healthcare technologies? How do you envision this person to be nursing in today's Information Age?
4. What would happen to the implementation of EHIS if the role of the NIS did not exist? Have you witnessed the consequences of not having such a role at your agency? If so, what have been the outcomes of the absence of this individual?
Thank you for your time,
Kashmiro
1. Consider that your agency is in need of hiring a NIS. What types of work and skill sets would you consider necessary for this person to be successful in an informatics role? Provide examples for your suggestions.
2. What specific factors not only influence the requirements for establishing the role of the NIS but also affect the potential success of failure of this position?
3. Which person is credited as being the first NIS? What did he or she contribute to advance healthcare technologies? How do you envision this person to be nursing in today's Information Age?
4. What would happen to the implementation of EHIS if the role of the NIS did not exist? Have you witnessed the consequences of not having such a role at your agency? If so, what have been the outcomes of the absence of this individual?
Thank you for your time,
Kashmiro