INDEX OF CONTENTS
Winter 2016

EDITORIAL

The Year of Global Understanding: How Informatics Fits

By June Kaminski, RN, MSN, PhD(c), Editor in Chief

Technology in Education Column

Looking Back EIGHT Years

By Dr Sandra Bassendowski

Software Column

To code, or not to code

By Allen McLean, RN, MN, MSc, PhD(c)

Mobile Technology Column

Discharge Planning In the Age of Technology

By Jeanette Centeno, RN

Featured Paper

All Systems Go: The Voice of Nurse Practitioners Using Electronic Patient Records

By Amy Sczelecki RN, BSc, BScN, MN(c), Ashley White RN, BSc, BScN, MN(c) & Christina Hurlock-Chorostecki NP, PhD

Featured Paper

Driving Progress in Canadian Healthcare through ICTs: Overcoming the Barriers with Art and Science

By Harold Schroeder, FCMC, PMP, CHRP, CHE

Featured Paper

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Embracing Technological Innovation in Health Care through Nursing Informatics

By Sonny Aloner Dela Rosa, RN

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Digital Health Blueprint: Enabling Coordinated & Collaborative Health Care (Canada Health Infoway)

This update to the 2006 EHRS Blueprint provides a framework for architecting and deploying digital health solutions, along with considerations for design choices and strategic planning. It goes well beyond EHRs and covers the broader digital health landscape. It also illustrates how current and emerging technologies can be incorporated into health care delivery processes.

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

Issues are published at the end of each season. Deadlines for submissions include:

• Spring 2016 Issue – deadline April 30th
• Summer 2016 Issue – deadline July 31st
• Fall 2016 Issue – deadline October 1st
• Winter 2017 Issue – deadline January 31st

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