Nursing Informatics and Implementation of a NICU Portal

Neonatology and informatics are relatively new subspecialties to the health field; however both have made rapid developments over a considerably short period of time. Significant improvements have been made to the care of neonates resulting in a rapid rate of survival of sick and premature neonates. Along with improvements in care there has been the development of technology and with it the field of informatics. This paper offers a review of the development of nursing informatics and its application in changing practice in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).