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Last Update
27.05.2004

EFMI WG5 long term strategy

 

Strategy describe here is still up to date but not reached. This will be reactivate when more power in the group will be available.

Aims

  1. WG5 is going to present updated information on official national representatives of WG5:NI in the member countries. The name and formal address of the organisations they represent must also be provided.  In each country a list of experts in the field of Nursing informatics and their specialities will be edited.
  2. WG5 will collect and provide information on ongoing projects in the respective member countries of concern for the field of Nursing Informatics.
  3. WG5 will prepare, at MEDINFO 2001, a joint workshop together with IMIA Special Interest Group for Nursing Informatics.

 

Strategy Tactics Stakeholders Time scale
A

Aid the development of health informatics courses for pre and postregistration nurses, midwives and other health care professionals

 Share information via the www links and publications :
  • On available courses ;
  • Suggest speakers
  • Support the use of materials from the NIGHTINGALE Project.

Develop criteria for material to be placed on www site

 In all EFMI countries :

 

  • Nurses Associations
  • Informatics Groups
  • Nurse teachers
  • Government departments
  • Universities
    •
.
B

Promote the development of minimum datasets, based on existing data for comparison between EFMI countries of the numbers and grades nurses dans nursing activities

 Share information via the www and publications on the results of the TELENURSE Project.

Set up a small group to coodinate the sharing of data and terminology and to develop and test minimum datasets

 In interested EFMI countries nominees and invited experts from :
  • Nurses Associations
  • Informatics Groups
  • Nursing service managers
  • Government departments
  • Universities
    •
.
C

Press for nursing needs to be included in the electronic health record

 Set up a small group to coordinate the sharing of ideas and research findings about the nursing content required
  • In the Electronic Health Record
  • To support telemedicine
    •
In interested EFMI countries nominees and invited experts from :
  • Nurses Associations
  • Informatics Groups
  • Nursing service managers
  • Government departments
  • Universities
    •
.
D

Support the development of research into nursing informatics issues particularly multi-site and across country boundaries

Identify key topics/areas for research including nursing management needs:
  • Decision support
  • Resource allocation
  • Knowledge-based systems.

Consider use of Delphi method to identify each country’s priorities.

Share information via WG5 networks.

Help create potential research teams and advise on proposals.

Seek links to other EFMI and IMIA pages on www.

In interested EFMI countries
  • Nurses Associations
  • Informatics Groups
  • Universities
  • European union
  • Government Departments
.
E

Identify the needs of nursing management for information

Identify key topics/areas such as:
  • Decision support
  • Resource allocation
  • Knowledge-based systems
In interested EFMI countries

 

  • Nurses Associations
  • Informatics Groups
  • Government Departments
.
F

Continue to disseminate information about health informatics and the work of EFMI WG5

Identify new routes to share information with the professionals in each EFMI country via www and news sheets. All EFMI WG5 country representatives and corresponding members via Nurses Associations, Informatics Groups and local nursing journals .