{"id":11570,"date":"2022-02-15T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/?p=11570"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:34:57","slug":"a-wrap-up-on-interoperability-in-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/ca\/blog\/a-wrap-up-on-interoperability-in-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"A wrap up on interoperability in nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nurses play a crucial role in health care. As Annette Kennedy, President of the International Council of Nurses, says, nurses are \u201cat the heart of the world\u2019s current health priorities\u201d, making up nearly half of the world\u2019s healthcare workforce and delivering almost 80% of the hands-on care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nurses are often the main clinician helping patients navigate the health system. They use critical thinking to understand and plan for the needs of the whole patient, not just their immediate medical issues.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as pressure on health systems around the world continues to build, nurses find themselves having to do more with less. Access to high-quality, real-time patient health information can play a role in easing this pressure, with interoperable Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) representing a potential solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good data helps provide effective care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Healthcare models are changing regularly, with technological advances and major disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic shaping the expanding role of nursing care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As new digital tools like patient portals, telehealth, remote monitoring devices, and the digital front door develop at a pace, nurses fill an important role as educators, working with patients to help them understand how to best use these tools as part of self-managing their conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well-configured analytical tools can help nurses accurately target and manage their patients, focusing on those whose needs are greatest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What nurses need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To support critical thinking and decision making, nurses need information they can rely on. They need data that is trusted, readily accessible, comprehensive, available in real time and serves as a single source of truth <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using technological solutions to efficiently organise and present data can help support the delivery of efficient, high-quality care, as well as give nurses some much-needed time back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interoperability \u2013 which is the ability of multiple systems to exchange and use health information \u2013 needs to be at the forefront when creating technological solutions to share healthcare data, which are often referred to as Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more read our recent whitepaper, A Nurse\u2019s perspective on interoperability<\/em>. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This whitepaper offers recommendations regarding the technology capabilities best suited to meet the needs of nurses on the front lines of healthcare. It takes a look into the expanding and evolving roles of nurses and offers a glimpse into some high-value nursing use cases that helps frame the substantial benefits of the right interoperability platform<\/a> and the role of Health Information Exchange (HIE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the whitepaper <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Read the other blogs in this series:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n