Nursing informatics in Korea
History of Nursing Informatics in Korea for health care started in the 1970s, while KOSMI
(Korean society of medical informatics) introduced the terms ‘health informatics’ and ‘nursing
informatics’ in 1987. Moreover, the Use of information Technology in clinical practice is
currently a detailed clinical model-based electronic nursing records system.
In terms of Nursing informatics Education.
In Korea, nursing schools began to realize the importance of the health informatics education for
clinicians. However, Course contents vary different schools where most instructors did not
receive formal education on the course and are self-taught.
In terms of Nursing Informatics Research
Over the last two decades the development and expansion of nursing informatics research in
korea was influenced by the introduction of EMR and ENR systems, Health informatics
education and health informatics research.
In 2004, The Korean Ministry of Health introduced a Health Informatics Standards Committee
which is in charge of developing, disseminating and maintaining healthcare terminologies. An
example of this is a nursing Subcommittee.
In terms of Government Initiatives in Korea, the government established The center for
interoperable EHR or (CiEHR) to enable the nation in having an easy access to receive
healthcare anytime anywhere aiming to produce practical outcomes that can be applied by real
users in real situations.
KOSMI played a key role in promoting and developing health informatics in Korea while the
IMIA (International Medical Interpreters Association) contributes them significantly by sharing
further knowledge about worldwide trends in health informatics. The technology trends in south
Korea are the following:
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Mobile Computing
Personal Digital Assisstants
Tablet PCs
Notebooks
Telemedicine
Smart digital home
B2B model
Ubiquitous computing in healthcare