Blockchain: Unlocking Health Data to Empower Patients and Improve Care
Our digital influencer and blockchain in healthcare subject matter expert shares how a world where individuals have ownership of their personal health data is possible with blockchain technology.
Voice Technology: Can It Help Me Take Better Care of Myself and My Baby?
Our guest writers share the potential of interactive voice technology to support positive stress management skills and positive health behaviors in new parents.
Blockchain Technology Business Implementation Roadmap
Organizations should understand their desired outcomes as a result of the implementation of a blockchain technology project. Moreover, serendipitous discoveries may unfold on their journey into blockchain technology that may lead to modifications of the original desired outcomes. A good starting...
Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
Carroll, W. (Winter 2019). Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 23(1). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni
Improving the Uptake and Continued Use of Mobile Health Technology: From Behavioral Change Theory to Contextual Intervention Design and the Inclusion of the End-User
Georgsson, M. (Winter 2019). Improving the uptake and continued use of mobile health technology: From behavioral change theory to contextual intervention design and the inclusion of the end-user. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 23(1). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni
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How Will Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Transform Clinical Experiences?
The treatment of chronic conditions. The communication of the patient narrative. These are just a couple of the aspects of artificial intelligence in healthcare shining bright with promise.
Humanity and the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
Our guest writer shares two fundamental ways we can use patient care technology—and specifically the benefits of artificial intelligence as a tool—to return some humanity to healthcare.
Precision Medicine and Your Health Story
As precision medicine continues to advance and evolve, ensuring the data collection process provides an accurate representation of all races and nationalities will be key to creating insights that are actionable.
Addressing Prior Authorization with Blockchain, the First Step in Revenue Cycle Transformation
Our guest writer shares how focusing on one function within revenue cycle management, prior authorization, can give insight into potential solutions for streamlining the healthcare system.
Genomic Data and Blockchain: A New Paradigm for Precision Medicine and Science
While there is still a long way to go before we have the ability to understand how individuals and their genomes interact to cause disease – and therefore use that genomic data to improve health – there is progress, shares our guest blogger.
Demonstrating the Value of Nursing Care Through Use of a Unique Nurse Identifier
As healthcare transitions to a value-based reimbursement model, nursing documentation in EHRs and other health IT systems will increasingly be used to demonstrate nursing’s contribution to that value.
Uses and Advantages of eLearning and Distance Pedagogy in Nursing Informatics Education
Georgsson, M. (Summer, 2019). Uses and advantages of eLearning and distance pedagogy in nursing informatics education. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 23(2). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni