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Health information technology has been a great part of nursing school. Technology has grown in such a positive way even if some people can argue against it. Being able to see the patients information at the hospital and clinicals have really made a change and a difference for my own personal learning in regards to how to treat the patient. Being able to have the patients history and information at a glance including medical information is extremely convenient. "It is also super important for the nurse to have because she is able to see lab results as soon as they come in. It it automatic for the nurse to see it on the computer and quick measures could be made." (Mcbride et al, 2018). It also makes communication between the interprofessional team easier and more efficient as everyone is on the same page. This health information technology can really help the nurse in their practice and the safety of the hospital and patient therefore increasing the overall quality of care provided.
Answer: The use advanced technology in the treatment as well as diagnosis of diseases has improved the healthcare system. The implementation of EHR ( Electronic Health records) system has improved the quality of care provided to the patients. All the information can be easily accessible for the healthcare professionals at one place and hence this can save much time. The healthcare professionals can easily concentrate on the patients. It makes communication more effective and the outcomes are positive. This improves the satisfaction level of the patients.
Is the use of technology in the healthcare can be easy to operate for all the staff members? Most of the staff members are not system friendly.
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please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: The use of health information technology has had an impact in the nursing world. With the way communication and accuracy of patient information is being circulated, it has saved lives. One of the ways that health information technology has changed nursing practice is through documentation. There is no such thing as written notes for patients medical records. Today, nurses are more likely to input notes into electronic health...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Being a student in all of the hospitals made me realize how important it is to communicate with patients about each step of their care. Many times I have witnessed healthcare providers talking to one another about the care, however, the main patient never gets the whole picture. They have gaps in information, and are struggling to understand what is wrong with them at the moment. Providing...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems or HCAHPS is a national standardized survey that reports how patient’s rate and perceive hospital care. This system is important because it evaluates the hospital’s performance and allows more improvement for areas that the patient’s perceive them lacking. Ways that I believe I can improve or potentially contribute is ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times. It is...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics for Nurses states "the Nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient". When I am working as a RN, these provision is something that I need to practice and accomplish everyday. Nurses are patient advocates and we accomplish this by educating our patients to ensure they are making informed decisions, involving the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Nursing informatics is a specialty that supports nursing through the integration of information science, computer science, nursing science to provide data communication management (Darvish et al., 2014). With technology advancing most hospitals have incorporated electronic health records, as this eases documentation and transfer of information between healthcare staff it can also present an issue with keeping the patient’s privacy. The ANA’s Code of Ethics for nurses states the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Quality improvement is the uses of all of the interdisciplinary teams involved in patient care to come together to ensure that the best care is provided to the patient (Moran & Johnson, 1992). The nurses are an essential role to the quality improvement team as they are the ones in direct contact with the patients and are able to bring issues to all members of the team to...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Nurses are faced with a number of ethical dilemmas every day. There will be many cases in which a nurse will have to refer to nursing code of ethic to deal with these challenging decisions. "The Code of Ethics is the social contract that nurses have which exemplifies our profession's promise to provide and advocate for safe, quality care for all patients” (ANA, 2001). As nurses we must...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are health records kept in a provider’s clinic, a pharmacy and in hospitals. The benefits of EMR’s include improving coordination of care and It is also meant to be safer when it comes to breaches. The ethical framework of EMRs is utilitarianism, which encourages the most good for the most people. Since Doctors, pharmacies and other health care providers have access to it, they...
please reply back to this post and ask one question about this post: One of the greatest challenges that nurses is motivating patients to enhance their health behaviors. There are some key elements that can help to motivate the patients. Nurses can improve patient motivation by strategies that comprise learning what is essential to them. The first element is to know what is important to the patient and motivate them that they need to focusing on what is important to...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Nurses work directly with patients and therefore are directly involved in almost all aspects of hospital quality. Nurses do patient care, medication administration and management and they assist with surgeries. All these task require the nurse to data collect and report which are required for quality control and improvement. “The demand for quality improvement in hospitals is ever increasing due to federal government mandates” (TRNQI, 2017). Reported...