This new edition of the classic textbook on health informatics provides readers in healthcare practice and educational settings with an unparalleled depth of information on using informatics methods and tools. However, this new text speaks to nurses and - in a departure from earlier editions of this title - to all health professionals in direct patient care, regardless of their specialty, extending its usefulness as a textbook. This includes physicians, therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and many others. In recognition of the evolving digital environments in all healthcare settings and of interprofessional teams, the book is designed for a wide spectrum of healthcare professions including quality officers, health information managers, administrators and executives, as well as health information technology professionals such as engineers and computer scientists in health care. The book is of special interest to those who bridge the technical and caring domain, particularly nurse and medical informaticians and other informaticians working in the health sciences.

Nursing Informatics: An Interprofessional and Global Perspective contains real-life case studies and other didactic features to illustrate the theories and principles discussed, making it an ideal resource for use within health and nursing informatics curricula at both undergraduate and graduate level, as well as for workforce development. It honors the format established by the previous editions by including a content array and questions to guide the reader. Readers are invited to look out of the box through a dedicated global perspective covering health informatics applications in different regions, countries and continents. 

Introduction

Health informatics: The science and practice of supporting the clinical workforce with data, information and knowledge.- TIGER: From nursing to interprofessional health informatics education.- TIGER: The impact of a global initiative on education and care.- TIGER: Ask the patient - An interprofessional perspective to engage clinicians and patients.- The 360° stakeholder perspective.- The patients' view.- The nurse's view.- The physician's view.- The pharmacist's view.- The therapist's view.- The CIO's view.- The view of health information management.- The CNIO's view.- The CMIO's view.- The CEO's view.- Data, Information and Knowledge.- Documentation and EHRs.- Information & knowledge management in patient care.- Quality & safety management.- Interoperable Systems.- Principles of health informatics.- Information & communication technology (applications): decision support.- Information & communication technology (applications): telehealth.- Information & communication technology (applications): smart mobile assistance.- Information Exchange and Information Sharing.- Interoperability & integration.- Care processes & IT integration.- Process management.- Interprofessional digitally enabled cooperation.- Population health and interoperability.- Data science.- Learning Healthcare System.- Data analytics, machine learning and visualisation.- Ethical and Legal Issues.- Data protection & security.- Cybersecurity.- Legal issues in health IT.- Ethics in health IT.- Education.- Teaching, training & education in healthcare.- (Learning techniques) - digital professionalism.- Global Workforce development.- Management.- Principles of management.- Strategic management.- Communication.- Leadership.- Change & stakeholder management.- Resource planning & management.- Global development - some examples.- Telehealth in developing countries.- Brasil: Clinical use of terminologies in patient care.- China: Mobile devices (NI education beyond borders).- Singapur.- Nigeria.- Japan.- Bangladesh.- Mali .- Canada.- Italy.- Conclusion.- Emergering Technologies (Augmented Reality, Machine Learning).- Outlook and Future.