Nursing

Informatics in
Korea
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History of
Nursing
Informatics in
Korea
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FACTORS INFLEUNCING COMPUTER LITERACY OF SOUTH KOREA NURSES

1970’s
The use of computers in
the Korea healthcare
1980’s system began.
National Health insurance
system expanded to cover the
entire population of Korea

1990’s
1st nursing informatic course was
introduced in Korea at Chonbule
National University.
1990’s
1st informatics degree
program was introduced at
Seoul National University
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Factors Influencing
Computer Literacy
of South Korea
Nurses

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FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPUTER LITERACY OF SOUTH KOREA NURSES

• Healthcare is experiencing major transformation in

it’s information technology base.

• Hospitals are adopting information technology to

reduce costs and increase competitiveness.

• IT applications are trending towards electronic patient

records and even health records

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Current Status of
Nursing
Informatics
Education in Korea
CURRENT STATUS OF NURSING INFORMATICS EDUCATION IN KOREA

• Out of 72 schools, 38 schools where

reported that they offered nursing
informatics courses in their undergraduate
nursing programs.

• Computer Technology - this subject was the

most frequently taught.

• Information System - followed by this subject

and it is used for practice,

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Barrier of
Teaching
Nursing
Informatics

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BARRIER OF TEACHING NURSING INFORMATICS

• Lack of awareness of the importance of

nursing informatics

• Training and education – this was the most

requested additional support.

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ResearchTrend of
Nursing
Informatics
in Korea
FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPUTER LITERACY OF SOUTH KOREA NURSES

• National Digital Library

• Korean Nurses
Association

• Korean Society of Medical Informatics

• KoreaMed

• MedRic

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Gabrielle N. Atis
BSN – 2D

briellatis1234@yahoo.com