PubMed · 3643357
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This study explored the key requirements identified by stakeholders for the integration of Nursing Information Systems (NIS) in three public hospitals in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. The study used a qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews, focus groups, site visits to the hospitals and review of relevant literature to ascertain what participants saw as the necessary ingredients to create regional NIS. Study findings showed that the current NIS are not sustainable in terms of staffing levels, physical resources or the capacity of the two currently-used computer products to interface with newer generation products. A critical issue for adopting a regional model is the willingness of local sites to revise their current internal structures and functions. This restructuring towards a regionalised NIS would improve overall communication, education, security efficiency and sustainability.
As the World Wide Web becomes more ubiquitous, physicians are increasingly using the information it provides as part of medical practice. The Web can be a valuable information resource for patient education and decision support or it can be a troubling source of misinformation for providers and patients alike. Attempts have been made to apply quality standards to Web sites, but these have been only moderately successful. Medical schools are designing curricula to confront the content of the medical information explosion, but they also have an obligation to teach students how to quality filter and critically analyze the sources of this information, particularly when it is delivered over the Web. The authors suggest some of the concepts that need to be considered when educating the next generation of what they have termed "information-astute physicians."