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TIGER Initiative Reports

Are you in need of an overview of specific topics on education reform and interprofessional community development?

TIGER Resource topics include: Consumer Empowerment, Competencies, Education and Faculty Development, Leadership, Magnet©, National Health IT Agenda, Standards & Interoperability, Staff Development & Continuing Education, Usability & Clinical Application Design, and Virtual Learning.

Aug 2016

TIGER Informatics Definitions

List of TIGER Informatics Defnitions compiled for the TIGER Committee.

Executive Summary of Activities

Apr 2012

Collaborating to Integrate Evidence and Informatics into Nursing Practice and Education: An Executive Summary

This report provides an executive summary of the TIGER activities through 2008.

Standards & Interoperability

Apr 2012

Standards and Interoperability

The purpose of the TIGER Standards and Interoperability Collaborative Summary Report is to present a "Call to Action" and recommendations for supporting nursing engagement and enabling the nursing voice to be heard throughout standards adoption processes and National Health IT activities.

National Health IT Agenda

Apr 2012

National Health IT Agenda Report

This report examines how Health IT's role in healthcare has changed since the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Informatics Competencies

Jun 2017

Towards an International Framework for Recommendations of Core Competencies in Nursing and Interprofessional Informatics: The TIGER Competency Synthesis Project

View this report on Towards an International Framework for Recommendations of Core Competencies in Nursing and Interprofessional Informatics: The TIGER Competency Synthesis Project submitted to Medical Informatics Europe 2016. 

Jun 2017

International Evolution of TIGER Informatics Competencies

View this book chapter on the International Evolution of TIGER Informatics Competencies, included in the 13th International Congress in Nursing Informatics Geneva 2016 post conference book.

Oct 2010

Informatics Competencies

Based on a review of nursing informatics education, research, and surveys, TIGER has developed an informatics competencies model.

Education and Faculty Development

Apr 2012

Education and Faculty Development

Healthcare professional education, staff, and faculty development are vital to learning the new tools and processes associated with Electronic Health Records (EHR).

Usability & Clinical Application Design

Apr 2012

Usability & Clinical Application Design

This report defines key concepts, patterns and trends and recommendations to health information technology (HIT) vendors and practitioners to assure useable clinical systems at the point of care.

Virtual Learning Center

Apr 2012

Virtual Learning Center

This report envisions a dynamic and virtual environment that demonstrates highly effective and efficient, technology-enabled, solutions of exemplary healthcare delivery systems over the next decade.

The Leadership Imperative

Apr 2014

TIGER’s Recommendations for Integrating Technology to Transform Practice and Education

The recommendations that follow build on the 2009 TIGER Leadership Development Collaborative Report recommendations, and provide guidance for incorporating technology into transformational practice changes to enhance patient, family, and economic outcomes.

Leadership Development

Apr 2012

Leadership Development

This report urges the development of programs for nurse executives and faculty that stress the value of information technology and empower them to use HIT knowledgably by expanding and integrating informatics competencies into Nursing Leadership Development Programs.

Consumer Empowerment & Personal Health Records

Mar 2008

Consumer Empowerment & Personal Health Records

This report provides the detailed findings and recommendations from the TIGER Consumer Empowerment and Personal Health Records Team.