The care that patients receive is dependent on the efforts that care providers put in the caregiving process. To patients whose healthcare needs have been given the required attention, they stand a chance of emerging with desirable outcomes from the process. To this effect, one of the methodologies usually employed in the caregiving process is the use of technological advancements. Charting of patient information is an important process in the nursing field. Therefore, there is the need for having in place a technology that assists in carrying out this role. To this effect, the use of electronic health records in retrieving patient information has played a significant role in coordinating care since the healthcare records of all individuals are readily available (Beasley & Sinsky, 2014). This technology, therefore, assists us in our daily caregiving process.
As a knowledge health worker, there is the need for having a clear understanding of the needs of the patient. Such a worker is supposed to have adequate knowledge of the illness data and information that a particular patient is presented with. It is imperative for nurses to take into consideration information technology and decision support systems which are the different ways in which technology assists in the caregiving process (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). By nurses having a proper understanding of the decision support system, they stand the chance of benefiting from the merits which accumulate with the use of this technology. This form of know-how provides recommendations for the planning for diagnosis and treatment, supporting clinical documentation and coding, and assisting in managing complex clinical processes like chemotherapy protocols (Ronquillo et al., 2016).
The areas of priority as far as the advancement of the informatics field is concerned should be centered on patient education. It is essential that patients acquire the required knowledge concerning the workings of the medical technologies as a way of keeping abreast any advancement concerning their wellbeing. The major areas of interest are supposed to be on how to update data on their personal electronic health records and the security protocols that need to be observed to prevent any risks of unauthorized access (Knight & Shea, 2014). Such advancement in nursing informatics will help boost the way healthcare services are provided to patients.
References
Beasley, J. W., & Sinsky, C. A. (2014). Electronic health records. Annals of internal medicine, 161(9), 680.
Knight, E. P., & Shea, K. (2014). A Patient‐Focused Framework Integrating Self‐Management and Informatics. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 46(2), 91-97.
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (Third edition.). Burlington, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Ronquillo, C., Currie, L. M., & Rodney, P. (2016). The evolution of data-information-knowledge-wisdom in nursing informatics. Advances in nursing science, 39(1), E1-E18.
