Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association
Philippine Nursing Informatics Association pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association
By Noel A. Bañez, R.N.
Manila, Philippines (June 29, 2010) — The Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) took its first step to be recognized as a sub-specialty organization when it paid a courtesy call to the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) at the PNA National Headquarters in Malate yesterday.
“This is a very timely action,” lauded Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo, PNA national president, to the officers of PNIA on formally organizing an association specializing in the field of nursing informatics. “Nursing informatics is only of the emerging fields in nursing.” Read more…
Categories: Nursing News Tags: Health Informatics, PNA, PNIA
Seminar on Health Informatics
The National Telehealth Center of University of the Philippines Manila will have a Seminar on Health Informatics. Read the details of the seminar in the PDF file below. Thanks to Noel RN of http://ivthub.blogspot.com for the heads up.
A description of Health Informatics from Wikipedia:
Health informatics, Health care informatics or medical informatics is the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care. It deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health informatics tools include not only computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems. It is applied to the areas of nursing, clinical care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and (bio)medical research.
Categories: Seminars, Training, Conventions, Expos Tags: Health Informatics, PNIA, UPM–NThC
