Journal of Nursing & Care

Nurses' Role in Designing and Using eHealth Systems

Abstract

Isabelle Skinner

eHealth systems development to date have had little involvement from nurses. The Australian Government eHealth strategy was developed to implement a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record as the foundation to an integrated and coordinated eHealth system for the 21st Century. A review of the PCEHR was released on the 19th May 2014 recommending a greater involvement of users in the governance of this major infrastructure project. Nurses will have a seat on the governing Board. There is an opportunity to provide nursing input into the design and development of the system. The Norwegian Nurses Organisation call for the inclusion of the International Classification of Nursing Practice into all eHealth systems.