Nursing Informatics Note.

Lesson 9. Issues in Informatics System • We in the healthcare profession continue to face

the challenge of how best to accept this new
Issues in Informatics System communication and information platforms while
INTRODUCTION trying to protect the patient and the confidentiality
• “Information on social media can take a life of its of patient data.
own-where inaccuracies can become fact.” (ANA,
2020) SOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGn
• We all know that Social media is a powerful tool that
TERMINOLOGIESn could reach millions in the click of a button. The
VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS same way when used in the right platform it could
• A professional network that have expanded open a lot of opportunities. But we should always
phenomenally since the advent of the Internet and remember that what we post becomes public and no
other ICTs amount of security settings could guarantee that
o It provide a cyberspace for nurses to make only those whom you want to view it would do so.
contacts, share information and ideas, and
build a sense of community.
Internet Applications
DEFINITION
ELECTRONIC MEDIAn
• It is described as the type of applications which use
• Serve as a convenient vehicle for building virtual
the internet for operating successfully.
social networks for creating shared knowledge
• Aids the internet for fetching, sharing and displaying
through collaborative learning and problem solving.
the information from the respective server systems.
• It can be accessed only with the help of the internet
Nursing Virtual Social Networks facility, and it cannot be functional without internet.
DEFINITION • These applications can be classified as electronic
• It provides a cyberspace for nurses to make devices based, automated digital technology,
contacts, share information and ideas, and build a industrial internet, smartphones based, smart home
sense of community. based, smart grids, smart city, and other major
applications.
PURPOSESn • The internet has many few major applications like
• Exchanging ideas on practice issues and best electronic mail services, web browsing, and peer to
practices peer networking.
• To become more knowledgeable about new trends,
research, and innovations in health care EXAMPLESn
• To participate in advocacy, activist, and educational • The following are some examples of internet
initiatives. applications:
o Google Chrome
SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES o Internet Explorer
• These are used to provide a dynamic virtual o Mozilla Firefox
environment, and often provide communicative o Omega
capabilities through: o Safari
o posting tools like blogs, forums, and wikis
o email for sharing ideas on a smaller scale
o collaborative areas for interaction
Technological Innovations
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANCE (PDA)
o creating and building digital artifacts or
• It is portable device that functions as a personal
planning projects
o navigation tools for moving through the virtual information manager.
network landscape • It is used for web browsing, office applications,
o profiles to provide a space for each member to watching videos, viewing photos or as mobile
disclose personal information with others phones.
• It features touch screen displays, Bluetooth and WiFi
connectivity, memory card slots, mobile software
applications and multimedia support.
 • It includes personal information managers for • It's also possible to transfer files between PDAs that
contacts and schedules have Bluetooth.
• With software to synchronize desktop or cloud • Many modern PDAs have Wi-Fi wireless network
server information. connectivity and can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.
• All smartphones, and some other modern PDAs, can
FEATURES connect to Wireless Wide Area Networks, such as
TOUCHSCREEN those provided by cellular telecommunications
• Palm Pilot organiser on display at the Musée Bolo, companies.
EPFL, Lausanne
• Many of the original PDAs, such as the Apple Newton EMAILn
and Palm Pilot, featured a touchscreen for user • A method of exchanging messages ("mail") between
interaction, having only a few buttons—usually people using electronic devices.
reserved for shortcuts to often-used programs. • Invented by Ray Tomlinson and was recognized as
• Some touchscreen PDAs, including Windows Mobile email in the mid 1970’s.
devices, had a detachable stylus to facilitate making • Email servers accept, forward, deliver, and store
selections. messages.
• The user interacts with the device by tapping the • Neither the users nor their computers are required
screen to select buttons or issue commands, or by to be online simultaneously.
dragging a finger (or the stylus) on the screen to
make selections or scroll. Note.
• Email operates across computer networks, which
MEMORY CARDSn today is primarily the Internet. Some early email
• Although many early PDAs did not have memory systems required the author and the recipient to
card slots, now most have either some form of both be online at the same time, in common with
Secure Digital (SD) slot, a CompactFlash slot or a instant messaging.
combination of the two. • Today's email systems are based on a store-and-
• Although designed for memory, Secure Digital forward model. Email servers accept, forward,
Input/Output (SDIO) and CompactFlash cards are deliver, and store messages.
available that provide accessories like Wi-Fi or • Neither the users nor their computers are required
digital cameras, if the device can support them. to be online simultaneously; they need to connect
• Some PDAs also have a USB port, mainly for USB only briefly, typically to a mail server or a webmail
flash drives. interface for as long as it takes to send or receive
• Some PDAs use microSD cards, which are messages or to download it.
electronically compatible with SD cards, but have a •
much smaller physical size. BOOKMARKS
• A saved shortcut that directs your browser to a
WIRED CONNECTIVITY specific webpage.
• While early PDAs connected to a user's personal • It stores the title, URL, and favicon of the
computer via serial ports or another proprietary corresponding page.
connection, many today connect via a USB cable. • It allows you to easily access your favorite locations
• Older PDAs were unable to connect to each other via on the Web.
USB, as their implementations of USB didn't support
acting as the "host". Video Conferencing
• Some early PDAs were able to connect to the DEFINITION
Internet indirectly by means of an external modem • It is a technology that allows users in different
connected via the PDA's serial port or "sync" locations to hold face-to-face meetings without
connector, or directly by using an expansion card having to move to a single location together.
that provided an Ethernet port.
TYPES
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITYn POINT-TO-POINT VIDEO CONFERENCE
• Most modern PDAs have Bluetooth, a popular • A point-to-point videoconference was the norm with
wireless protocol for mobile devices. Bluetooth can traditional video conferencing setups (like closed-
be used to connect keyboards, headsets, GPS circuit TV).
receivers, and other nearby accessories.
• Point-to-point videoconferencing is still popularly FACETIME
used with common IT teleconferencing tools, such • It is a videotelephony application designed by Apple
as Skype. A benefit is that syncing the two signals for use in mobile devices connected to a wireless
does not require a bridge or other sophisticated network. FaceTime uses the camera and WIFI of the
system. Also, unlike many multi-point systems, device to create face to face conversations via the
there is a better chance of a clearer signal and less internet.
lag time.
Text Messaging
MULTIPOINT VIDEO CONFERENCEn
DEFINITION
• In a P2P video conference, there is a simultaneous
• “Short message service (SMS) is a service available
communication between two different sites. But
on most digital mobile phones that permits the
here there is communication between more than 2
sending of short messages between mobile phones,
sites at the same place.
other handheld devices and even landline
• Advanced equipment is necessary for this type of
telephones”
communication to take place.
• The maximum number of participants in a HISTORYn
multipoint video conferencing depends on the • First (1 ) message was sent in the UK on December
st
software which you are using. 3, 1992. It read “Merry Christmas”.
• Most software generally allows more than 25 users • Nokia was the first handset manufacturer whose
at once. total GSM phone line in 1993 supported user-
• The following are its advantages: sending of SMS text messages.
o Reduction in Travel Cost • In 1995, an average of 0.4 texts were sent per cell
o Increased Productivity phone user per month. By the end of 2000, an
o No time Constraints average text message user sent 35 per day.
USES OF VIDEO CONFERENCINGn
SOCIAL EFFECT
• Companies with multiple offices might establish • The beginning of text messaging made possible new
direct video communications between their
forms of interaction that were not possible before.
locations in order to allow their teams to work more o Effect on language
collaboratively.
o Texting while driving
• Video conferencing can also be used as a medium for o Texting while walking
conducting training, with the instructor teaching a o Sexting
remote class from almost anywhere. o In schools
o This can be done in a corporate context, o Bullying
especially for getting workers the knowledge
they need to better perform their jobs.
o The academic world can also make use of video Social Media Applications
conferencing to connect a traditional TWITTER
classroom setting with students who are based • It is an American microblogging and social
a considerable distance from the school. networking service on which users post and interact
• A video conference may also be used to conduct with messages known as “tweets”.
regular meetings with a company staff or to confer • Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets,
with shareholders about the latest activities at the but unregistered users can only read them.
business.
o It may be used to announce significant changes HISTORY OF TWITTER
at a company, such as introducing a new CEO or CREATION AND INITIAL REACTION
to present information in an interactive way • Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack
that allows all participants to engage in Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams,
discussion about what they see on screen. launched in July of that year.
• Hotels and conference centers sometimes make • Jack Dorsey has explained the origin of the "Twitter"
video conferencing services available to guests who title:
require such services. This may be offered in suites o ...we came across the word 'twitter', and it was
or conference rooms that have been equipped for just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of
this purpose.
 inconsequential information,' and 'chirps from Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin
birds'. And that's exactly what the product was. Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

2007-2010n HISTORY OF FACEBOOK

• The company experienced rapid initial growth. 2003-2006
• It had 400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. • Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change
• This grew to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in
2008. In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 2006-2012n
50 million tweets per day. • Public access and rapid growth
• By March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000
registered applications. As of June 2010, about 65 2012-2013
million tweets were posted each day, equaling • Facebook App
about 750 tweets sent each second, according to
Twitter. 2015-PRESENTn
• Improvement; fake news, and other external
2011-2014 misusage
• On April 5, 2011, Twitter tested a new homepage and
phased out the "Old Twitter". However, a glitch Note.
came about after the page was launched, so the • The Philippines has been dubbed as the Facebook
previous "retro" homepage was still in use until the capital of the world. Along with Facebook, Filipinos
issues were resolved; the new homepage was also widely use varied social media platforms
reintroduced on April 20, 2011. entertainment, learning, and engagement. One of
• On December 8, 2011, Twitter overhauled its website these areas include sharing health tips, personal
once more to feature the "Fly" design, which the health information, and even promotion of
service says is easier for new users to follow and healthcare practice. However, it appears that
promotes advertising. technological and social media advancement have
outpaced the policies and practice regulation
2015-2016n governing privacy of health information.
• On February 11, 2015, Twitter announced that it had
acquired Niche, an advertising network for social Web 2.0
media stars, founded by Rob Fishman and Darren DEFINITION
Lachtman. • Term used to describe a variety of web sites and
applications that allow anyone to create and share
GOOGLEn
online information or material they have created.
• Google LLC (Limited Liability Company) is an
• It allows people to create, share, collaborate &
American multinational technology company that communicate.
specializes in Internet-related services and • It does not require any web design or publishing
products, which include online advertising skills to participate, making it easy for people to
technologies, search engine, cloud computing, create and publish or communicate their work to the
software, and hardware.
world.
o It is considered one of the Big Four technology
companies alongside Amazon, Apple and TYPES/EXAMPLESn
Microsoft.
• Hosted services (Google Maps)
• Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry
• Web applications (Google Docs, Flickr)
Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students
• Video sharing sites (YouTube)
at Stanford University in California.
• Wikis (MediaWiki)
• Blogs (WordPress)
FACEBOOK
• Social networking (Facebook)
• It is an American online social media and social
• Folksonomies (Delicious)
networking service based in Menlo Park,
• Microblogging (Twitter)
California and a flagship service of the namesake
• Podcasting (Podcast Alley)
company Facebook, Inc.
• It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with
fellow Harvard College students and roommates
ADVANTAGES
• Available at any time, any place.
• Variety of media.
• Ease of usage.
• Learners can actively be involved in knowledge
building.
• Can create dynamic learning communities.
• Everybody is the author and the editor, every edit
that has been made can be tracked.
• User-friendly.
• Updates in the wiki are immediate and it offers more
sources for researchers.
• It provides real-time discussion.

Blogs
DEFINITION
• A blog is a contraction of the words web log. Blogs
usually provide commentary or information on a
particular issue, event or topic.
• In some cases, blogs can be about a particular
person; an online, public, personal diary. A blog is
usually maintained by a single person or a small
group of contributors.
• Visitors to the blog can comment on the entries
made or respond to comments made by other
visitors. Blogs are primarily text but can also be the
form of photos or other images, sounds, or films.