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Telenursing is a subtopic of telemedicine, but the information on telenursing isn't comprehensive enough. The future of telenursing as part of telemedicine is now being developed. Telenursing may continue to be part of the future of healthcare and telemedicine. If that continues to happen, nurses will be the at the forefront of telehealth.

Medical professionals refer to telemedicine as using computer based technologies to create access to medical knowledge and information; while, telehealth is using telemedicine to treat and diagnose patients.

Telemedicine was first introduced in 1924 via a magazine cover that showed the possibility of a doctor able to see his patient and for the doctor to be seen by the patient using some sort of technology. However, the first attempt at this was never made until 1927. Common telemedicine that we use in today's world includes calls to doctor's offices, emergency 911 calls, and other virtual communications such as patient portals where medical information and advice is communicated.

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Telenursing is limited to nursing cares and other medical information and cares inside a nurses scope of practice.

Schlachta-Fairchild, Loretta. "Patient Safety, Telenursing, and Telehealth." Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 04 June 2017.

Kirbkati (talk) 00:28, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Rapidly changing technological advances in health care and specifically nursing, has opened a new area in telenursing called nursing informatics. Nursing has become a profession where you are always learning and informatics may affect how decisions are made in telenursing.

According to the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA), nursing informatics is defined as “the science and practice that integrates nursing, its information and knowledge, with information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide.” Through a telehealth computer program, identifying changes in individual patient conditions can be recognized and treated more promptly because that information is made available more quickly. The nurses can then use the data to have ready and available to create a treatment plan faster.

There are five areas the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (Department of Health and Human Science, Division of Nursing) suggest for each nurse to prepare and use in informatics. Suggestion 1: learn to use basic informatics in nursing; 2: learn localized skills in informatics; 3: apply informatics in practice; 4: teach the nursing faculty how to use informatics; 5: work together to apply informatics.

A nurse can quickly research symptoms and treatments online while the patient is on the receiving end waiting for the information. An email or message containing internet links or information can be at the patient’s fingertips immediately. This is also a quick and efficient way for healthcare employees to send and receive information such as prescriptions or doctor’s orders.

Nursing informatics provides a cost-effective and time-efficient opportunity for several patients worldwide. New programs are making it possible for a patient to communicate, get treatment options, and discuss other medical advice. It is feasible for them to send signs and symptoms, look at test results, and schedule appointments online.

A goal of the health care reform is to improve quality, efficiency, and outcomes. The reform will involve all nurses, the nursing profession, and nursing informatics. For all this to happen, healthcare provider groups need to embrace and meaningfully use informatics and technologies. Informatics is no longer an option for nurses and healthcare professionals, it is becoming a requirement.

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http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/telenursing-the-future-1051923.html https://www.amia.org/programs/working-groups/nursing-informatics Kirbkati (talk) 03:30, 19 June 2017 (UTC)