The role of health care technology in support of perinatal nurse staffing

Abstract

Health care technology can generate massive amounts of data. However, when data are generated from disparate, uncoordinated systems, using them to make decisions related to staffing can be a challenge. In this article, I describe the importance of data standardization, system interoperability, standard terminologies that support nursing practice, and nursing informatics expertise as tools for improving the usefulness of electronic systems for informing staffing decisions.

Keywords: health care information technology; informatics; interoperability; nursing; perinatal staffing; standard terminologies.