Impact of Health Informatics–Driven Real-Time Clinical Dashboards on Nursing Performance, Health Administration Decision-Making, and Medical Records Accuracy

Authors

  • Fahad Abdulhamied Fahad Alonzi
  • Bander Menawer Noor Almutiri
  • Abdullah Mohmmed Awadallah Alahmadi
  • Abdalellah Shadad Mhaya Alreshidi
  • Albalawi, Abdulaziz Saleh H
  • Abdulaziz Saud M Albalawi
  • Naif Mudhhi M Alharbi
  • Shuruq Rahil Fayadh Alruwaili
  • Jamilah Mohammed Jubayr Alruwaili
  • Abdullah Obaid Muaid Al-Rashidi
  • Mohammed Jalawi Mohammed Alotaibi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22399/ijcesen.4856

Keywords:

Health Informatics, Real-Time Clinical Dashboards, Nursing Performance, Clinical Decision Support, Health Administration, Data-Driven Decision Making

Abstract

Real-time clinical dashboards, powered by health informatics, represent a transformative force in modern healthcare by synthesizing disparate data streams into actionable visual intelligence. Their impact is profoundly tripartite: for nursing, they enhance situational awareness and task management, directly supporting clinical workflow and patient surveillance; for health administration, they enable data-driven strategic decision-making and optimize operational efficiency and resource allocation; and for foundational data integrity, they promote the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of medical records. Realizing this potential, however, requires navigating significant socio-technical challenges, including user-centered design to prevent alert fatigue, robust data governance to ensure quality, and organizational change management to foster a data-driven culture. When successfully implemented, these dashboards evolve from passive display tools into active components of a learning health system, ultimately driving improvements in patient safety, care quality, and systemic efficiency.

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2024-05-30

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Fahad Abdulhamied Fahad Alonzi, Bander Menawer Noor Almutiri, Abdullah Mohmmed Awadallah Alahmadi, Abdalellah Shadad Mhaya Alreshidi, Albalawi, Abdulaziz Saleh H, Abdulaziz Saud M Albalawi, … Mohammed Jalawi Mohammed Alotaibi. (2024). Impact of Health Informatics–Driven Real-Time Clinical Dashboards on Nursing Performance, Health Administration Decision-Making, and Medical Records Accuracy. International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.22399/ijcesen.4856

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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2024): IJCESEN

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