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NURSING INFORMATICS IN CANADA

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 The CNA wrote this policy

statement to highlight the importance of developing the nursing data components that will be included in our emerging national health information system. The CNA has also spearheaded an initiative, the National Nursing Informatics Project, to begin to develop a national consensus on definition, competencies, and educational strategies and priorities.
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NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

INFORMATION ( CIHI)
v

CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH

identify and promote national health indicators. development and maintenance of national health information standards.

v coordinate and promote the

v Develop and manage health database

and registries.
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The National Nursing Informatics Project

develop consensus on a

definition of Nursing Informatics for Canada;

recommend Nursing

Informatics competencies for entry level nurses and specialists, managers, educators, and researchers;
identify curriculum implications

and strategies for both basic and 4/14/12

Nursing Minimum Data Set

This was in response to the strong

conviction that nursing data must be included in the centralized national health data system being planned by the Canadian Institute of Health Information.
Registered nurses, as the single

largest group providing health care services, play a major role in health care in Canada. Incredibly, this contribution is not abstracted from
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The Canadian Nurses Association

considered it imperative that nursing data, that distinctly reflected nursing care became part of the permanent health record being designed for the nation. The impact of nursing should be captured in national health care databases through the use of effective nursing classification systems
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