Future of Nursing Information System: Partnership with Clinical Engineering

Abstract

With the new reforms in the health policy in Japan, community health services now promote acute care; this brings in a new perspective to the role of nursing in the system. Therefore, the relation of nursing care with an acute setting is considered important. Further, as the Japanese government approves standardized nursing terminology, nursing information is now expected to spread to other hospitals as well. However, work flow and task procedures are different in all hospitals.. The Japan Association for Medical Informatics-the Nursing Information Special Interest Group established the Inpatient Care Device Working Group in 2016; and the WG is promoting careful use of such devices in nursing business process. In this organized session, we hope to discuss the future of nursing information systems on the basis of its partnership with clinical engineering. This study is supported by JSPS-Kakenhi Grand No. 16K12222.