2000s

• The innovation of new technological devices such as iPads, tablets, and mobile devices are constantly evolving

 

• In 2000, CIHI published the Roadmap Initiative aimed at creating partnerships with organizations and groups at all levels, in order to transform Canada’s health information system (Kaminski, 2014).

 

• The Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA) was established in 1991 (Kaminski, 2014).  CNIA’s mission is to be Canada’s representative for nursing informatics (Canadian Nursing Informatics Association [CNIA], n.d.)

 

• The Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics was established in 2006 (Kaminski, 2014).

 

• In 2006, the CNA launched an e-nursing strategy, the Canadian Nurses Portal Project, or NurseONE (Kaminski, 2014).  NurseONE aspires to guide and develop information and communication technology initiatives (Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), 2006a).

 

• In 2012, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) published informatics competencies for entry to practice registered nurses, as well as a resource list for nursing informatics information.  These CASN documents facilitate the development of informatics skills required of student nurses by providing direction for nursing education (Kaminski, 2014).