Nursing Informatics 2020: Towards Defining our own Future - Proceedings of NI2006 Post Congress Conference, Volume 128 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

The authors contributing to this publication recognize the role of changing technologies in the way care is being supported and delivered in the future, but they also clearly demonstrate that technology is only one part of the equation, and that many other factors must be borne in mind. The need to explore not only the visible and predictable future, but also the less likely scenarios that may suddenly be thrust to the forefront of our attentions are acknowledged. Different combinations of the technologies can offer possibilities for more than one solution. The exchange of ideas that is reflected in this publication offers opportunities to celebrate nursing's commonalities, while at the same time considering its necessary evolution and adaptation to new challenges. Locally, nationally and internationally, nurses can and will rise to those challenges.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences 1586037722......Page 1 Title page......Page 2 Preface......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Why Nursing Needs to Explore and Shape Its Own Future - The Background to the NI2006 Post Congress Conference......Page 12 Reflections on an Evolving Discussion of the Future - An Overview of the NI2006 Post Congress Conference......Page 18 Technology Developments Applied to Healthcare/Nursing......Page 32 Changes in Society at National and International Levels......Page 50 Healthcare in the Year 2020 - Practice and Policy......Page 58 What If Nurses Get What They Have Always Sought: Totally Personalized Care? Trends Affecting Nursing Informatics......Page 66 Health Care in 2020......Page 84 Why Nursing Needs to Explore and Shape Its Own Future - Closing Summation and Remarks......Page 96 The Impact of ICT on Health, Healthcare and Nursing in the Next 20 Years......Page 106 Schedules for the Post Congress Conference of NI 2006......Page 126 List of Participants......Page 128 Group Members and Roles......Page 134 Author Index......Page 136 Demonstrates that technology is only one part of the equation, and that many other factors must be borne in mind. This volume acknowledges the need to explore not only the visible and predictable future, but also the less likely scenarios that may suddenly be thrust to the forefront of our attentions