Question

The nurse enters an order in the clinical system for several medications and an alert is posted that the provider has entered an order that the patient remain NPO. This is an example of which advantage of using an information system for order entry?

Group of answer choices

improved communication

increased employee satisfaction

improved mandatory reporting

enhanced compliance with agency regulations

Answer 1

The nurse enters an order in the clinical system for several medications and an alert is posted that the provider has entered an order that the patient remains NPO.

This is an advantage of using an information system. Here the advantages include......

1. Improved communication

In this case information system provides easy & immediate access to patient history & current data. It prevents misplace of data through paper & record, & it also prevents the struggle of searching for specific data because it all remains organized in the information system.

2. Increase employee satisfaction

Information system improves employee satisfaction by reducing paperwork which saves their time, by increasing communication between healthcare providers, & reducing healthcare errors.

3. Improved mandatory reporting

Information systems help in mandatory reporting, & prevent the hassle of reporting particular data repeatedly because once you have ordered or entered a specific data it will remain for always.

ANSWER - Improved communication, Increase employee satisfaction, Improved mandatory reporting