Reading assignment from the book – Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals 6th Edition – by TONI HEBDA I KATHLEEN HUNTER I PARTICIA CZAR
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Hebda, T. L., Czar, P., & Hunter, K. (2018). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals (6th Edition). Pearson Education (US). https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780134677064
Additional Supporting Theories and Sciences
These additional theories and sciences include communication theory, information sciences, computer science, group dynamics, change theories, organizational behavior, learning theories, management science, and systems theory.
Theory/Science
Key Ideas
Information Communication Model
“The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point, either exactly or approximately, a message selected at another point” (Shannon, 1948, p. 379).
Sender→Medium (Noise and Distortion)→Receiver
Encoder and Decoder
Focus—Analyze information transfer and communication effectiveness and efficiency
Information Sciences
Exploitation of scientific and technical information of all kinds and by all means.
Application of science and technology to general information handling.
Branches:
Information retrieval
Human-computer interaction
Information handling within a system
Computer Science
Engineering and technology of hardware, software, and communications.
Includes aspects of information and cognitive science.
Group Dynamics
Focuses on the nature of groups.
Influence of a group may rapidly become strong, influencing or overwhelming individual proclivities and actions.
Within every organization, there are formal and informal group pressures.
Change Theories
Change in people or social systems, such as healthcare organizations.
Informatics specialists are change agents.
Seek to manage impact of IS to yield positive results.
Two perspectives:
Planned Change—Kurt Lewin
Unfreezing
