...Informatics and Emerging Technology in Healthcare Judi A. Gentes Franklin Pierce College Health informatics is relatively new with increased interest during the 1980’s and has expanded rapidly over the past couple years (Dalrymple,2011). It is a multidisciplinary field that uses health information technology to improve healthcare with the combination of higher quality, higher efficiency and new opportunities. All of which are designed to improve the overall effectiveness of patient care. Health informatics tools promote patient care that is safe, efficient, effective, timely and patient centered. The ANA Online Journal of Issues in Nursing identifies seven emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing and three skill sets nursing will need to develop to acquire and use these emerging technologies. Table 1. Seven Emerging Technologies that Are Changing the Practice of Nursing | Technology | Benefits | Challenges | Genetics and Genomics | The majority of disease risk, health conditions and the therapies used to treat those conditions have a genetic and/or genomic element influenced by environmental, lifestyle, and other factors therefore impacting the entire nursing profession. | Many nurses currently in practice know little about genetics and genomics and lack the competence needed to effectively counsel and teach patients in this regard. | Less Invasive and More Accurate Tools for Diagnostics and Treatment | Non-invasive and minimally invasive...
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...Technology and Changing Practice R. Steve Terry American Sentinel University BSN 436 11-A July 1, 2011 Margaret Lowenthal Abstract Many sites have patient teaching materials. Select one example of a creative way to present information to patients and describe how this example contributes to critical thinking. 2-3 pages. Introduction Nurses possess so many professional and personal qualities that make them champions in a health care setting, including multitasking skills, passion and efficiency, to name a few. It seems as though as we have to multitask even more, nurses are starting to get on board with apps on smart phones and handheld computer devices. As these devices are becoming more pervasive, the variety of applications (apps) available for them is increasing exponentially. There are apps designed for virtually every task, pastime and work endeavor, including nursing. While some hospitals are limiting the use of smart phones on the job because of security risks, others are subscribing to suites of applications to make available to their providers. Information Technology When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010, it signified the beginning of a new era in health care. Now, nearly a year later, hospitals across the nation work to embrace the future by implementing new health information technology (Orlovsy 2011). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has a number of provisions...
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...Nurse Informatics Shannon S Goff Western Governors University Nursing Assignment The technology necessary to meet the federally mandated requirements which will affect the merged healthcare organizations. Electronic health records with satellite facilities supported by remote technology. Electronic health records emerged as one of the most relevant topics in health care; EHRs are central in the strategy of federal government to transform health care providing in the U.S. (Henricks, 2011). Federal actions are promoting EHR in order to guarantee important implications for nursing practices. The technology implies also payment penalties for those providers who do not manage to meet the requirements of EHRs use. EHR technology has to be certified according to technical and functional criteria that are set forth by the government. The using of EHR technology is significantly important for laboratories (Henricks, 2011) since the certification criteria of EHR have to be related directly to laboratory testing or laboratory management. Federal government identified the goals for improving healthcare and EHRs are central for these goals. EHRs with satellite facilities aims at the following points, it should: * improve safety, efficiency, and quality of public healthcare and reduce people's health disparities; * engage the patients and their families in healthcare services; * improve healthcare coordination; * improve public health and population in general; ...
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...Technology, decision-making processes, and data accessibility have changed dramatically in recent years. This paper will discuss systems and informatics theories. The paper will confer on the Data, Information, and Knowledge (DIK) Model. The role of expert system in nursing care and medicine will be provided. Decision aids and decision support systems are used everyday providing focus, leadership and direction within technology and will be examined. The use of technology for patient and client management will be explored. An analysis of the impact of technology on healthcare and health status will be investigated. Systems and Informatics Theories Systems are “a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole” (Systems, n.d., Definition). Systems describe healthcare, schools, computers, and a person. The systems are either open or closed. Closed systems are inoperable to function with others third party products and open systems are designed to allow third party products to plug in or interoperate with the system. Neither system interacts with the environment. Open systems consist of three characteristics; purpose, functions, and structure (Englebardt and Nelson, 2002). Systems can have more than one purpose based on the needs of the user. Functions that the system will need to carry out need to be identified for the system to achieve its purpose. The “systems are structured in ways that allow them to perform their functions” (Englebardt...
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...proper tools to improve my leadership and I am intrigued about what I found out about myself on this journey to enhance my leadership skills. Discovering the tools needed from a combination of leadership theories management, time management, understanding my personality traits, understanding conflict handling styles, the importance of the emotional intelligence, using the instructor’s recommendations, and understanding the role of nurse informatics and its technology in healthcare has helped me better understand my leaderships strengths and how to repair my weaknesses. I have learned many different things about leadership, management, and time management. According to a 2014 article by MSc Nizar Said defines time management as, “The ability of a person to use the time function to accomplish the tasks in the exact timing” (Said, 2014). It is important to acquire effective time management skills to use time efficiently. This same article states, “Time management is recognized as an important component of work performance and professional nursing practice, as well as help nurses use different strategies of time management” (Said, 2014). Using time management as a tool can effectively change the way we work and allow us to work smarter instead of working harder. When I took time management assessment, on the first part, I scored a 28, and on the second part of the assessment I scored a 6. This gave me a total score of 22. This score helped me discover some new...
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...UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND School of Computing and Technology Research Skills and Academic Literacy: CETM11 Assignment 1 The application of knowledge management in hospitals and its effects on organizational culture: A Brief Comparative Literature Review. Prepared by: Yusef Haddad Submitted to: Dr. Lynn Humphries Title of the paper | Yun, E. K. (2013), ‘Predictors of attitude and intention to use knowledge management system among Korean nurses’ Nurse Education Today, 33 (12), pp. 1477–1481. Accessible from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691713001974 (Read: 8 November 2014) | 1) What are the research/telling question or questions? | The core goal of this research paper is to key out the organizational and individual factors that are influencing the intention and attitude to make use of Knowledge Management systems amongst Korean nurses.The research also hypothesizes that the adoption of a knowledge management system can be molded by both organizational as well as individual constraints, and for the investigation of this issue the author made use of the framework of technology-organization-environment. | 2) What are the key concepts? | Nurses, Knowledge management, Organizational culture, Hospital information system, technology-organization-environment, nurses’ informatics competency. | 3) What methods are used? | Yun (2013) used a cross-sectional survey that was descriptive and correlational. This survey was acclimated the...
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...giving valuable input on the software needed for nurses to properly care for and chart on their patients. With the knowledge of nursing practice and informatics, this team member would very valuable in bringing the two together in the most efficient way possible. The next team member would also be from the IT department. A Director of Clinical Informatics would be chosen for this project. The Director of Clinical Informatics play a vital role in the project because of the knowledge of current hospital technology, upgrades that may be needed, software that is available, and regulations for patient privacy. A Chief Nursing Information team member would in charge of researching what each department needs in a software system. With each unit being different in charting needs and the flow of the unit, this team member would be very important and work closely with the Clinical Nurse Informaticist. These two team members would work closely with nursing staff to ensure everyone becomes competent with the system once it is in place. Just as nurses need a representative, the Doctors would also have a team member on this project. This would be a Chief Medical Information team member. This team member would be an experienced physician and be given the task of providing input on the needs of the physicians in a software program. They would also be charged with the task of helping the physicians to become familiar with...
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...C156 Advanced Information Management– Task 1 A2. Analysis of Technology Two organizations migrating to a common health information system would need a system that meets current regulatory requirements, meets the needs of the combined organization and their practice environment. The implementation of a common health information system would require an interdisciplinary group of forward thinking innovators, and an interoperable electronic medical record system that includes standard nursing terminology. The technology needed in this scenario that would make this combination successful consist of network security measures to ensure security of protected health information under the federal requirements of HIPPA and HITECH. The use of emerging technology such as cellphones, tablets and remote technology should also be included in the discussions of creating a telehealth system that would accommodate both of the combining organizations. Telehealth not only includes communication between patients and healthcare providers, but also communication between healthcare providers in both of the combining organizations. Video conferencing can save healthcare providers time and money by allowing them to collaborate with one another without being physically near one another. A3. Identification of Team The interdisciplinary team on the project committee will consist of four team members. Team member A would be the project team lead in which I would nominate myself...
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...Review Learning Goals and Topic of Interest Something that is absolutely amazing about nursing is when one comes to work; nurses get to learn new things every day. Getting to teach others, lead others and mentor others is a great opportunity nurses have and this should not be taken lightly. Leadership A goal that is interesting and takes practice is how to become a strong and successful leader. The nursing field needs great leadership and strong mentors for others to look up to. Module 4: “Nurse as a Leader” really fits into this goal. It’s believed that to be a great leader one needs to learn this, some might say they were born to be a leader and that is quite possibly true. For most though it takes skills and practice and a good foundation to build on. At Stormont Vail Health they have sessions for new management on opportunities to improve on leadership skills. Actively listening and being able to concentrate on the situation at hand are ways this can happen. This course can help build these assets and give further opportunities for this to happen. Teamwork and Communication Teamwork and communication are assets of many professions. These are two things that are essential in everyday practice, when nurses or any other group acts as part of a team, the job usually is easier and things get done more efficiently. When this happens then better patient care takes place and this is why most nurses came into this field, to help others in the most efficient, safest way possible...
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...Western Governors University Nursing Informatics Nut 1 Task 2 It is often times a question as to how we, as healthcare professionals, can go about strengthening and bettering the quality of care that we provide to our patients. There are a number of ways to do that, including purposeful rounding, treating patients as a whole rather than just diagnoses, providing family and patient centered care, etc. One important action that can be taken to better the quality of care is through the use of our ever changing, always advancing, technology. Years ago, when computer systems did not exist, we did what we could to provide the best care we could, with the most efficient communication, charting, etc. Today, with the use of our advancing technology, we have the ability to use computerized management systems for efficiency, proficiency, and increased quality of care. The various aspects of using computerized management systems in the healthcare setting, including the efficiency, privacy, and cost will be discussed. How Computerized Management Systems Increase Quality of Care It is not easy to give up old habits and pick up new ones and it is certainly not easy to do that in the healthcare setting when people's lives are under our control. Computerized management systems are the use of technological advances such as computers and handheld devices to gather and input data on each patient entering and exiting your care. The use of this technology allows us, as physicians, nurses...
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...handheld computer devices. As these devices are becoming more pervasive, the variety of applications (apps) available for them is increasing exponentially. There are apps designed for virtually every task, pastime and work endeavor, including nursing. While some hospitals are limiting the use of smart phones on the job because of security risks, others are subscribing to suites of applications to make available to their providers. Information Technology When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010, it signified the beginning of a new era in health care. Now, nearly a year later, hospitals across the nation work to embrace the future by implementing new health information technology (Orlovsy 2011). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has a number of provisions around health IT, mostly focusing around electronic health information exchange. There are three distinct groups that the law’s provisions fall into: (1) improving quality of health care through increased data collection through health IT; (2) focusing on operating rules and standards at an administrative level; and (3) increasing the health IT workforce and nursing focuses into the first and third groups very much (Orlovsy 2011). While a lot of informatics training occurs on the...
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...Organizational Structure and Culture Jessica C. Johnson NUR 492 05/20/2013 Sylvia Ellington Organizational structure is the framework around which a facility is organized; it functions by telling its employees how the organization is put together, how it works, how leadership is chosen and how decisions are made ("Businessdictionary.com", n.d.). Organizational structure determines how roles, responsibility and power are assigned and how information is shared between different departments as well as management. According to Sullivan, 2013, various structures have been utilized over time and include: functional structures, hybrid structures, matrix structures, and parallel structures; based on the reading I feel the agency I work for functions through a functional organizational structure. * Some argue that functional departmentalization allows for greater operational efficiencies in that employees with shared skills and knowledge are grouped together by functions performed. * Some argue that functional departmentalization allows for greater operational efficiencies in that employees with shared skills and knowledge are grouped together by functions performed. * Some argue that functional departmentalization allows for greater operational efficiencies in that employees with shared skills and knowledge are grouped together by functions performed. * Some argue that functional departmentalization allows for greater operational efficiencies in that employees...
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...Self-Management in Chronic Illnesses: A Concept Analysis Dianne Rinehardt Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice November 2015 Self-management in Chronic Illness: A Concept Analysis Globally, the human species is experiencing longer life-spans. As the number of persons with extended lifespans increases, so does the prevalence of those living with chronic illnesses. With the inception of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, there has been a paradigm shift in the focus of healthcare from treatment to prevention. The origin of this paradigm shift occurred when traditional provider-directed/patient compliant approach failed to produce the outcomes that were expected (Udlis, 2011). Transforming healthcare from a treatment modality to one of prevention assumes that each person will be actively engaged in the prevention of chronic illnesses. Dorothea Orem’s self-care and self-care deficit nursing theory is based on the premise that people are naturally inclined towards self-care and that nursing should be focused on identifying and correcting any self-care deficits. Orem defined self-care as, “care that is performed by oneself for oneself when one has reached a state of maturity that is enabling for consistent, controlled, effective, and purposeful action” (Orem, Taylor & Renpenning, 2001, p 149). Orem’s self-care and self-care deficit theory is directly applicable to the concept of self-management...
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...Informatics Needs Assessment HCS/482 Date Informatics Needs Assessment Explains the purpose of a needs assessment in selecting an EHR product for a health care workplace The purpose of the needs assessment is to determine the gap between an organization’s current state and the overall needs of the organization with consideration to the strategic plan. The process is usually initiated by a person or group with a vision of the future. Evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the organization related to efficiency, quality, and financial strengths should be considered. Understanding an organization’s current state workflow process as well as long-term goals related to efficiency, quality, and financial outcomes by creating a gap analysis can assist the decision-making group. Long-term goals in today’s environment include the patient needs within a clinical setting, getting feedback from patients to evaluate how they may use technology to connect with medical personnel for their healthcare needs. “Use of systems for patients to self-schedule, entering data into daily logs for chronic illness, and Internet-enabled communication to their healthcare team are cogent considerations” (Hebda & Czar, 2013, p. 155). Implementing a new electronic health records (EHR) system to replace manual records is a complicated task. EHRs use complex algorithms to exchange patient data among different physicians and departments such as pharmacies and laboratories. EHRs are becoming...
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...to switch to other less demanding and tedious jobs. Another point which has decreased the turnover is that the new hospital opened close to this hospital provides flexible hours of work with higher pay scale. The management has taken care of nurses issues and problems which they faced in majority of the hospitals. (MULIIRA, 2004) Advances in medical practice and technology, the impact of new diseases and infections [e.g. Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)], and changes in public (consumer) expectations is a major reason for the low count of nurses in the hospital as well as for this specific profession. The top most reasons nurses have cited for discontent, early retirement and changing from nursing to other jobs are, increased work road, inadequate staffing, poor patient ratios, harmful changes in health care delivery systems as away of cost containment and decreased quality of care. The extent to which...
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