Transcript Improving Digital Literacy in Nursing James

Improving Digital Literacy in Nursing
James Freed, CIO, Health Education England
@jamesfreed5
#ehwk16
UK eHealth Week 2016
“The time is now!”
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The problem…
The opportunity…
1. NCSBN Flashcard App – Medication Flashcards
2. Nursing Essentials – Nursing Reference Guide
3. PEPID – Drug and Clinical Resource
4. Epocrates – Clinical Care Assistant
5. Medscape – Informational Resource
6. WebMD – Access Full WebMD Resources
7. Code Happy – Nursing Support System
8. Tabler’s Medical Dictionary – Comprehensive Medical Dictionary
9. AACN Bedside – Topical Reference Guides
10. AllNurses.com – Nursing Social Network
Digital inclusion
“Digital inclusion is not an optional extra, it is central to the five year
forward view.” – Simon Stevens
“The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone
regardless of disability is an essential aspect” - Tim Berners-Lee
“I recommend that digital inclusion programmes are embedded in all
areas of NHS work nationally and locally including in commissioning.
Reaching the furthest first should be a critical principle of everyone’s
work.” – Martha Lane Fox
What does ‘digital literacy’ do?
• Improved outcomes
• Reduced use of healthcare facilities
• Reduced cost to the healthcare system
• Improvements in general health
• Improved health literacy
What opportunities will there be?
• You will be increasingly supported through your organisational
leadership and technology leaders
• A Learning Hub, including for digital skills will be launched
• A Faculty of clinical informatics will be established by 2019
• Influence the existing nursing curricula
• A professional doctoral programme in Clinical Bioinformatics (Health
Informatics) at the University of Manchester will be available to all
senior healthcare professionals from 2017
• Networks of nurses interested in using technology will be identified or
established to support and promote continuous development
How will this affect nurses?
Career
progression
Leadership
seminars; Levers
Leaders
Supported
nursing
workforce
FedIP
FMI/ FCI
Informaticians
Career
pathway to
CNIO/ CCIO
• Improved health
outcomes
• Reduced use of
healthcare facilities
• Reduced cost to the
healthcare system
• Improvements in
general health
• Improved health
literacy
THANK YOU
James Freed
[email protected]
@jamesfreed5