When discussing the purposes of health care informatics with a nurse during orientation,the nurse educator would be concerned if the nurse orientee said that one purpose would be to
A) develop a cognitive science.
B) improve disease tracking.
C) improve the health provider's work flow.
D) increase administrative efficiencies.

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Cognitive science is one of the theories that play a role in the implementation of informatics.Its development is not a purpose,and the nurse educator would use this incorrect response of the orientee to plan additional teaching about the purposes of health care informatics.Purposes of information health technology include to improve health provider work flow,improve health care quality,prevent medical errors,reduce health care costs,increase administrative efficiencies,decrease paperwork,and improve disease tracking.

When Discussing the Purposes of Health Care Informatics with a Nurse