Question

Your organization is interested in a Telehealth program to close the gap for a rural community that has significant health needs. This paper will require you to develop a plan of action for implementation of the scenario your have chosen. Through this process, you need to evaluate the QSEN (KSA) graduate competencies, health IT policies, and ethical considerations for implementation.

Thorough analysis of the applicable graduate QSEN competencies for the chosen scenario is discussed in detail.

Thorough analysis of the health IT policies for the chosen scenario is discussed in detail.

Thorough analysis of ethics for the chosen scenario is discussed in detail.

Thorough analysis of the organizational benefit for the chosen scenario is discussed in detail.

Answer 1

QSEN(KSA) graduate competencies:
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses(QSEN) project for nurses preparing them with knowledge, skills, and attitudes(KSA) important to improve the quality and safety of the health care system where they work.
National Advisory Board defined competency of Quality and safety for nursing targets their knowledge, skills, and attitudes to prepare them for the pre-licensure program for competency, that is patient-centered care, Teamwork, and collaboration, evidence-based practice(EBP), quality improvement(QI), safety and informatics.
Patient-centered care for patient preference, value and needs to understand many dimensions of patient care with communication knowledge, skills to implementing the care plan, attitude with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Team-work and collaboration for shared decision-making activity for quality health care.
Evidence-based practice(EBP) with clinical expertise includes patient/family values for quality improvement.
Quality improvement(QI) using methods and designs makes changes to improve the quality and safety of the health care system.
safety to prevent harm to patients and providers by effective and individual performance.
Informatics using information and technology to communicate, find out errors, improve knowledge and support decision making.
Health IT policy insists on the appropriate use of health information and technology management system transform health care to save lives and improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs. The national coordinator for health IT policy development and adoption for nationwide health information infrastructure includes standards for the exchange of patient medical information. Health information portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA) adoption encourages health care providers to use the meaningful use of electronic health record technology. Office of the National Coordinator for health IT(ONE) state the EHR module to support meaningful use.
Ethics to apply telehealth policy should not make a threat to patient personal information, it should offer standards and guidelines to access information, knowing ethical issues in telemedicine and technology important factors for health care providers and the physician to provide better and safer services for patients. Privacy and confidentiality are important in telehealth in hospital settings. privacy practice from health care professionals to protect the security and integrity of patient information. the patient-physician relationship can help with continuity of care.
Telehealth can improve quality of rural health care to reduce challenges and burden for people like transportation issues for access to medical care, it improves monitoring, timeliness, and communication in the health care system, it also improves knowledge by providing education, and remote patient monitoring. It stores health information and helps mobile health communication. it needs provider workforce, quality care concern, reimbursement, license and access to internet services.