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Nursing information systems in Jordan
Author(s) -
Hasna Fadia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2009.01736.x
Subject(s) - health informatics , informatics , relevance (law) , health administration informatics , information system , knowledge management , business informatics , public health informatics , nursing , focus (optics) , engineering informatics , medicine , computer science , political science , health policy , public health , physics , hrhis , optics , law
This paper analyses how informatics are used in knowledge management in Jordan and includes conceptual frameworks for knowledge initiatives and an illustration of how data are transformed to knowledge through the processing of information; nursing informatics are mapped. Finally, applications of informatics in USA and Jordan are explored comparatively with focus on nursing roles in informatics and the key relevance to ethical challenges once these applications happen.