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Chapter 23
Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices
This is the use of telecommunication technologies and electronic information to facilitate access to medical and research information while providing healthcare services to clients across distances.
Published in Chapter:
Using an Information Literacy Program to Prepare Nursing Students to Practice in a Virtual Workplace
Mona Florea (University of Rhode Island Library, USA), Lillian Rafeldt (Three Rivers Community College, USA), and Susan Youngblood (Texas Tech University, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-893-2.ch023
Abstract
The chapter presents healthcare examples of the current virtual working environment and introduces nursing skills necessary for evidence-based practice in a virtual workplace. The authors discuss how the Nursing Information Literacy Program was designed and implemented at Three Rivers Community College to assist nursing students in developing skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving, technological literacy, information literacy, and collaborative and cooperative learning. The authors hope that this example will serve as a model for creating other information literacy programs that prepare students for working in a virtual workplace.
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Chapter 7
Ethical and Regulatory Challenges of Emerging Health Technologies
Is the delivery of healthcare service or communication on a distance via technology.
Published in Chapter: Ethical and Regulatory Challenges of Emerging Health Technologies; From: Applied Ethics in a Digital World
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Chapter 10
Applications of Big Data Analytics in Healthcare Informatics
Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
Published in Chapter: Applications of Big Data Analytics in Healthcare Informatics; From: Health Informatics and Patient Safety in Times of Crisis
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Chapter 3
Elderly People, Disability, Dependence and New Technologies
Reflects a further broadening of the concepts of telemedicine /telecare to also include health information and activities accessible at a distance to the general public.
Published in Chapter: Elderly People, Disability, Dependence and New Technologies; From: Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics
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