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Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform
Siobhan O'Connor1, Ursula Hubner2, Toria Shaw3
1School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
Nurse Education Today
|September 18, 2017
Summary
The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative promotes essential health informatics skills for healthcare professionals globally. This initiative expands nursing informatics education to interprofessional fields, enhancing health IT adoption and workforce readiness.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Nursing Education
- Information Technology
Background:
- Information Technology (IT) is crucial in modern healthcare, necessitating informatics skills across all health professions.
- The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative, established in 2006, aimed to integrate informatics competencies into nursing education.
- Global expansion of TIGER and collaborations like the EU-US eHealth Work Project highlight the need for a broader, interprofessional approach to health IT skills.