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💻 Health informatics allows nurses and other professionals to access real-time patient data, such as labs, vitals, and medication profiles at the point of care.

💻 Having up-to-date, accurate information supports more informed clinical decision-making, reducing delays and errors.

💻 Informatics systems often integrate clinical decision support tools, such as alerts and evidence-based order sets, which help guide safe and appropriate care.

💻 This enhances coordination of care among interdisciplinary team members who view the same shared electronic record.

💻 Overall, informatics strengthens evidence-based practice, safety, and efficiency, rather than replacing the clinician’s judgment.

It minimizes the need for evidence-based practice

💻 Informatics actually supports and strengthens evidence-based practice, not minimizes it, by making guidelines and research more accessible.

💻 Nurses still need to interpret evidence and apply critical thinking; technology does not replace professional judgment.

It ensures automatic care without human oversight

💻 Informatics tools do not provide “automatic care” and always require human oversight and clinical judgment.

💻 Overreliance on automation without nurse involvement can actually increase risk for harm.

It replaces the need for traditional patient education methods

💻 Informatics can enhance patient education (e.g., portals, videos), but it does not replace direct, personalized teaching.

💻 Nurses must still use therapeutic communication and teach-back to ensure understanding.