title: Current Trends in Nursing Informatics: Results of an International Survey.
abstract: Nursing informatics (NI) can help provide effective and safe healthcare. This study aimed to describe current research trends in NI. In the summer 2015, the IMIA-NI Students Working Group created and distributed an online international survey of the current NI trends. A total of 402 responses were submitted from 44 countries. We identified a top five NI research areas: standardized terminologies, mobile health, clinical decision support, patient safety and big data research. NI research funding was considered to be difficult to acquire by the respondents. Overall, current NI research on education, clinical practice, administration and theory is still scarce, with theory being the least common. Further research is needed to explain the impact of these trends and the needs from clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Laura-Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Peltonen
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Dari
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alhuwail
authors.affiliation: Carlow University, USA.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: Martha K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Badger
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabrielle Jacklin
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Eler
authors.affiliation: Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgsson
authors.affiliation: Deakin University, Australia.
authors.forename: Tasneem
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eunjoo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Hyunggu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chiu-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Coldstream, Canada.
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Lisiane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pruinelli
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronquillo
authors.affiliation: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond Francis
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sarmiento
authors.affiliation: Hospital Italiano, Argentina.
authors.forename: Janine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.affiliation: Benguet State University, Philippines.
authors.forename: Jude L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tayaben
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topaz
mesh_terms: D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires