23rd September 2024
Clinical informaticists from Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) shared the perspective from Wales at this year’s International Congress in Nursing Informatics, NI2024.
Fran Beadle, Beverley Havard, Anne Watkins, Sian Thomas and Abi Swindail all took part in the event in Manchester. This year’s theme was innovation in applied nursing informatics.
Fran Beadle spoke on panels about the role of leadership in nursing informatics and developing competency-based clinical informatics job role profiles.
There was a discussion on the advancement of the nursing informatics profession in Wales, and a debate with Fran titled: Chief Nursing Information Officer to lead digital transformation agenda of a country.
She said: "It was great to share the Welsh perspective on an international stage and hear how nursing informatics is at the forefront of digital transformation."
Abi Swindail shared a presentation on clinical informatics in pre-registration nursing education.
Beverley Havard, DHCW’s Clinical Informaticist Lead for the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) presented on the national transformation of nursing documentation in Wales.
WNCR is a digital system designed and built by DHCW, in collaboration with all seven health boards across Wales and Velindre University NHS Trust. It enables nurses to complete assessments at a patient’s bedside on a mobile tablet, or other handheld device, saving time, improving accuracy and minimising duplication.
The International Congress in Nursing Informatics aims to share knowledge, experience, and ideas with and amongst nurses and healthcare providers worldwide about the development of nursing informatics in order to spread the knowledge about novelties to strengthen practice, management, research and education.