You have been appointed to a task force in your health agency to study the future of health information management with a specific emphasis on nursing. Your agency plans to make a change to a new clinical documentation system within the next year. After much discussion and a review of the literature, the task force decides to recommend that a new position be established to focus on nursing informatics. The responsibilities which would be part of this position have previously been delegated to a number of clinical, educational and leadership staff with support from IT. Based on your readings about this emerging nursing specialty, what information would you provide as a justification for the new role. Consider the following in your answer:

The role of the nurse informaticist in the selection,implementation, training and ongoing management of an electronic health record

Possible impact on patient outcomes

Possible impact on nursing decision support

Other factors that might result in a significant return on investment for the organization with role implementation