~Speakers~

Dr. Tso-Ying Lee, Ph.D.

Co-Chair of International Medicine Informatics Association-Nursing Informatics

Speaker's Biography

Dr. Tso-Ying Lee is the Director of Nursing Department of Cheng-hsin General Hospital and the Vice Chairman of the International Nursing Information Society. She has been engaged in clinical nursing practice for nearly 40 years and continuously participates in the development of nursing informatics systems, including nursing personnel system, performance system, shifting system, and nursing care planning system in Tri-Services General Hospital. Dr. Lee took the on-job advanced training in informatic courses in the United States in 1989. From 2008 till now, she serves in Cheng-hsin General Hospital, where she assists in hospital information system development such as NIS system, barcode scanning, and physiological data transfer, etc. Dr. Lee now teaches nursing information at the Research Institute of National Taipei Nursing Health University. She is dedicated to cultivating professional nursing informatics and promoting the connection between Taiwan and international nursing informatics specialists.

Topic

Smart Nursing and Patient Safety

Abstract

The development of technology in the 21st century is an era of cross-domain applications. The introduction of technology can strengthen the application of nursing professions and improve the quality of patient care or limit the development of nursing work and lose the humanistic care ability are worth reflecting. In this session, Dr. Lee will present the importance of nursing technology in the current care process, the latest development trend of nursing technology. Then introduce EMR (Electronic Medicine), IOT (Internet of Things), interoperability systems (Connected health), BI (Business Intelligence), AI (Artificial Intelligence; Precision Medicine), and robot (Economic Medicine) applications. What challenges may face in the development of nursing technology? What are the benefits of developing nursing technology and patient safety? Last, she will share Taiwan's experience in cultivating nursing technology talents. Through the discussion of the interaction between technology and nursing professions to understand the significance of technology applied on patient care.