Saba Akbar wins Best student paper award at NI2021
Congratulations Saba Akbar!
Ms Saba Akbar recently took out the Best student paper award at NI2021 – Nursing Informatics International Congress
Paper
The paper “How well do computerised decision support systems cover nursing standards of practice? A literature review” has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Abstract
The use of computerized decision support systems (DSS) in nursing practice is increasing. However, research about who uses DSS, where are they implemented, and how they are linked with standards of nursing is limited. This paper presents evidence on users and settings of DSS implementation, along with specific nursing standards of practice that are facilitated by such DSS. Six bibliographic databases were searched using relevant terms and 28 studies were identified, each evaluating a unique DSS. Of these, 24 were used by registered nurses and 19 were implemented in short-term care units. Most of the DSS were found to facilitate nursing standards of assessment and intervention, however, outcome identification and evaluation were the least included standards. These findings not only highlight gaps in systems but also offer opportunities for further research development in this area.
About Saba
Saba Akbar is a registered nurse with a Masters in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked as a surgical nurse, nurse instructor and patient safety coordinator at many tertiary care hospitals overseas. During her time in North Carolina, she worked as a program coordinator and research assistant at the Carolina Digital Health Research Initiative. She also is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).
Saba is currently undertaking a PhD at the Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Her project is examining ways to integrate artificial intelligence into nursing decision support systems to improve care delivery and patient safety. Her research is supported by a Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship.
Read the journal article:
Saba Akbar, David Lyell, Farah Magrabi, Automation in nursing decision support systems: A systematic review of effects on decision making, care delivery, and patient outcomes, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2021; ocab123, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab123
https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab123
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