Advanced Nursing Informatics and Digital Health provides a comprehensive examination of the data, information systems, digital technologies, and decision-support tools now shaping nursing practice and health-care delivery. The book connects informatics theory with the realities of clinical documentation, patient safety, workflow, quality improvement, analytics, artificial intelligence, privacy, and technology implementation.

The opening sections establish the foundations of nursing informatics and explain how raw clinical data become meaningful information and actionable knowledge. Readers examine data quality, standardized nursing terminology, information structures, electronic health records, documentation practices, interoperability, health information exchange, and the challenges created when information must move accurately between professionals, organizations, and digital systems.

The book then explores workflow analysis, usability, human factors, interface design, clinical decision support, medication technologies, alert systems, and the relationship between technology design and patient safety. Digital models of care are covered through detailed discussion of telehealth, mobile health, remote monitoring, patient portals, digital engagement, and the opportunities and limitations of technology-enabled care.

Inside this book, readers will find detailed coverage of:

· Foundations of nursing informatics and digital health

· Clinical data, information quality, and standardized nursing knowledge

· Electronic health records and clinical documentation

· Interoperability and health information exchange

· Workflow, usability, human factors, and technology design

· Clinical decision support and medication-safety technologies

· Telehealth, mobile health, remote monitoring, and patient engagement

· Quality improvement and nursing-sensitive outcomes

· Databases, analytics, population health, and evidence generation

· Artificial intelligence and machine learning in nursing

· Privacy, cybersecurity, ethics, and digital professionalism

· Implementation, change management, leadership, and governance

· Emerging technologies and the future of digital nursing

Substantial attention is given to artificial intelligence, including clinical applications, bias, explainability, automation risk, governance, accountability, and the continuing role of professional judgment. The book also examines cybersecurity, privacy, ethical use of health information, implementation planning, organizational change, and technology governance, giving readers a detailed view of how nurses can participate safely and effectively in digital transformation.