The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act laid out the groundwork for a program designed to equip hospitals and medical practices around the country with electronic health record systems by providing financial incentives (p. 245). However, in some markets such as long-term care facilities the transition to electronic system has been slow. Professional nurses whose careers are in long-term care in our nation will play major role in getting electronic health systems into these settings. It will take nurse advocating for these systems and continuation of research showing evidence that supports widespread adaptation of these systems, but nurse united under one cause, best practice can make anything happen.
The resources above expanded on knowledge concerning the definition, evolution, proposed outcomes, research and the technology of meaningful use of the electronic health record. Nursing administrators, staff nurses, and nursing informaticists all perform an essential role in achieving meaningful use of the electronic medical record to improve patient care. Certain authors referenced other authors proving that the health information technology field is indeed a tightknit community. The resources were well written from highly credentialed authors and were, for the most part, easy to comprehend. All of these articles were written for the nursing professional with the exception of resource
In her assessment of the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA), Murphy (2009) discusses how its enactment provided unprecedented funding for the advancement of health information technology (HIT) which served to promote health care reform. Electronic health records (EHRs) by extension received a boost via incentivization for appropriate use in hospitals and ambulatory settings (Murphy, 2009). The benefits of EHRs include the ability to improve the delivery and quality of nursing care, the ability to make more timely and efficient nursing care decisions for nursing, the ability to avoid errors that might harm patients and the ability to promote health and wellness for the patients (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). An appropriate use of EHR
I learned how nursing informatics is applied in nursing practice, nursing administration, nursing education and nursing research. How nursing informatics benefits consumers, healthcare professionals and organizations. I familiarized myself with the educational opportunities for nursing informatics including the graduate, doctoral and certificate programs. I was also informed of the future direction of the nursing informatics role in the improvement of healthcare
Competencies gained from this course will be found in foundations of nursing informatics with benchmarking, outcome probabilities, and expert decision support. Healthcare Project Management (N527PE) Healthcare project management shows methods of managing healthcare projects, aiding the strategic goals of the institution. This course will add to competencies in each of the areas listed under systems life cycle in my previous paper. The skills necessary for performing needs assessments, gap analysis, and feasibility analysis will be acquired as well as creating clinical and data work flow diagrams.
3) Wager, Karen A., Frances Wickham Lee, and John P. Glaser. Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management. 2nd edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2009. 4) Kawamoto K., Del Fiol G., Lobach.
Week 9 Overcoming Factors That Impact Informatics Initiatives DB Main Post Informatics impacts the healthcare setting, through the implementation of EHRs. A nurse informaticist not only manages the implementation of technology but follows guidelines set by ANA. Growth in nursing is moving forward as technology is erupting on the scene. The purpose of this paper does nurse impact leadership change for nurses moving into nursing informatics. Can implementation of technological transformation the care of patients, and components of ANCC Magnet health care set?
Nurse leaders have the opportunity to lead the current and future generation of health care providers towards the new direction of our health care delivery system, one where informatics and analytics are the foundation to which the future of health care is based. Where the ability to digest and interpret data is key. Where disease prevention and health education and maintenance is
Abstract The use of medical AI in the healthcare industry has been a topic of much discussion and excitement in recent years. However, there is a growing concern that the hasty adoption of these technologies may be premature, and that the potential risks and drawbacks outweigh the potential benefits. This paper argues that at this stage, it is advisable to avoid using medical AI in healthcare.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, e-prescribing is defined as "the transmission using electronic media, of prescription or prescription-related information between a prescriber, dispenser, pharmacy benefit manager, or health plan, either directly or through an intermediary, including an e-prescribing network" (Kaye, 2008) Nursing is a subspecialty in informatics with different roles and tasks. The focus of informatics nursing has varying job descriptions and specialties within healthcare, however, the main focus of nursing informatics can be found in any of the following areas; 1.) Using data, information and knowledge in patient care, 2.) Defining data in patient care, 3.)
“It is a critical step in planned change. During this stage, the organizations recognize the need to change and begin to get ready to make that change” (Yoder-Wise, 2015). The idea is to reject the old practice and replace with the new one. The key components of this planned change is to communicate with the nurses, managers and the administrators. Evaluate the cost and benefits of implementing the barcode technology.
This paper includes a discussion and analysis of nursing sensitive indicators (NSI) and system specific resources. Identification of indicators and interventions could improve the care that was received by Mr. J., a 72 year old retired rabbi with mild dementia that was admitted for a fractured right hip after falling at home. In the course of his stay and treatment there were a few indicators of issues/problems regarding the care he received during his stay. These issues/problems might affected his healthcare outcome, safety and satisfaction with his stay at the
I will summarize each outcome for the Nursing Informatics specialty. For the intent of this paper I will use outcome and competency interchangeably. The first outcome means the ability to gather healthcare information across the continuum of care; combine and utilize the information gathered to develop a process. Finally execution of that process to evaluate its ability to improve the quality of the healthcare environment. Healthcare managers are constantly assessing patients and collecting information.
Role of Graduate Nurse in Informatics are: 1) computer generated nursing care plan for each patient. 2) reminder and prompts that appear during documentation to ensure comprehensive charting. 3) help as a communication aid to other health care professionals taking care of the same patient. For example, Electronic Health Record. The role of Advanced Practice Nurses and Registered Nurses are same in Informatics regarding accessing, protecting and documenting patients Electronic Health Record(EHR).
Nursing sensitive outcome measure demonstrates the sensitive need of the patient. Poor nursing care will have a negative impact on the quality of care the patient receives. According to Saul’s, nursing sensitive indicators are outcomes related to the quantity and the quality of care a patient receives (Sauls, 2013). Here in this situation, nurses must be aware of sensitive indicators, such as: pressure ulcers, a patient’s dignity, and quality of life. These indicators represent unfortunate nursing care, and reflect a negative outcome.
