Essays on Health Information

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

Ethical and Security Issues of HIT

HIT and impact on patient privacy Health Information Technology is increasingly being adopted across the healthcare sector given its innumerable benefits in improving patient care and augmenting the delivery of care. With HIT, provision of cost effective healthcare is also plausible through nurses. However, with technology also comes varied challenges and chief among these issues that come with HIT is patient privacy. With recent news documenting massive breaches of patient information, the usefulness of HIT and possible adoption strategies have been largely watered down. According to McGonigle and Mastrian, (2014) the ethical concerns that come with HIT are equally ...

HITECH legislation and its primary goals

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 forms part of a stimulus package that was approved as law in order to champion the use of EHR (electronic health records). Electronic health records possess the capacity to transform the health care sector from a largely paper based sector to reliance on clinical information and other sources of information in assisting the providers to deliver higher levels of quality care to patients (Beasley and Sinsky, 2014). At its core, HITECH has five primary objectives. First, HITECH seeks to augment quality, the safety, efficacy of health care ...

Introduction

Information technology involves a technique for the manipulation, assessment as well as the processing of data. Information technology involves the application of computer and telecommunication systems. Information in the current context means electronic data. There was an evolution in the information technology industry for quite a long period, with innovations taking place time after time. The information technology encompassed transistors and integrated circuits. The application of computer systems or servers in business in the contemporary era is rampant (Jones D, 2017). The servers interact with the client users as well as other servers that exist across business networks. The ...

Public health is concerned with preventing injury or disease and prolonging life through research. Data collected from different communities is used to determine disease prevalence and possible risk factors. This information is utilized to develop policies to prevent or reduce disease incidence.

Overview of Database

In 2012, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) carried out the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey whereby youth fitness data was collected among children aged between 3 and 15 years. Demographic data such as socioeconomic status, country of birth, nutrition, health history and level of education was also collected (CDC, 2012). Demographic information was ...

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

Disinclination of some health care organizations to apply Electronic Medicinal Records

EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) are the information systems of medical that are electronic and they gather, store, and show the information of the patient. Even though there are a lot of favorable effects of the usage of EMR in the activities of medicine but, still the rate of implementation related to the above system is low and it also encounters opposition from the medical doctor (Clayton, 2005). One of the main barriers associated with the application of (Electronic Medical Records) is the financial issue as such issue is considered as the main factor for different doctors. The main questions ...

Policy Manual Introduction

A policy manual is a general guideline that details the policies and best practices that an organization in a particular industry should follow. This is the case with health care in general and protecting patient data in particular. Starting from a manual system, an electronic or automated system has been found to enhance best practices in the field of health care (Hamilton, Jacob, Koch & Quammen, 2004).

Importance to Organization

It prepares a roadmap for daily administration. A policy manual is also a yardstick for performance. It can be used to train fresh recruits about the conduct desired. It can also be resorted ...

Should U.S. Provide Free Healthcare Coverage For All? Should U.S. Provide Free Healthcare Coverage For All? The healthcare system is an important factor in the success of any country. It is an engine for innovation, as it disseminates life-enhancing treatments for the citizens to have better health. The healthcare system can provide enormous benefits to its citizens. With continuous consumption of healthcare services by individuals comes a growing demand for healthcare services that provide happiness and satisfaction to people. For this, patient satisfaction has been labeled as “a complimentary measure of healthcare quality” (Browne et al., 2010, p.921). In ...

Assignment 3: Website Critique

Assignment 3: Website Critique The Internet has now been an immediate source when looking for medical information. In the United States alone, there are as much as 88.5 million adults who search the World Wide Web in order to obtain health information in 2005 (Diaz et al., 2002, p.180). Based on research, it was estimated that there were about 100,000 health-related websites back in 2002, and currently it reached approximately 350,000 (Diaz et al., 2002, p.180). Based on these numbers, it is evident that the Internet has always been a source of health information, especially when dealing ...

Interoperability of System in Healthcare

Interoperability of System in Healthcare

Introduction

Information exchange in a healthcare system is crucial for patients, doctors, and healthcare organization. The usage of interoperability in the technological information sharing system enhances its efficiency and effectiveness based on the central prescription drug monitoring system and organizational health information system.

1. “How the central prescription drugs monitoring system and the organizational health information system manages to fight the controlled substance abuse epidemic? 2. What is the role of prescription drugs monitoring system and the organizational health information system in signifying the legitimacy of controlled substance abuse epidemic in a healthcare organization?” 3. ...

Medical genomic can be defined as the utilization of genome-based information in the making of clinical decisions. A broader concept, personalized medicine, is often used to describe the models of healthcare that emphasize the application of an individual’s unique environmental, genomic, genetic, and clinical information to the treatment and prevention of diseases (Brunicardi; Offit). In their practice, doctors combine the results of patient data, which include individual genomic information, family history, medical history, conventional test results, and symptoms. The combination of the data allows the physicians to diagnose diseases accurately and personalize treatment strategies (Alzu’bi et al.). ...

The two major systems of Health Information Technology (HIT) are Electronic Health Record (EHR) and the system of practice management (PM). EHR has become an essential tool of modern health care to meet the standardized criteria. The majority of the physicians conduct their practices on PM system. Although, both of these systems don’t perform the same tasks and are meant for different purposes. The primary functions that EMR performs are the clinical ones while PM system is meant for billing as well as scheduling functions. The similarity between these systems is that both of them go through the ...

Q1: How can health care bridge the gap between those who are internet savvy and those who are not? The access gap between the internet savvy patients and those who are not is an information journey that begins with an online search activity, often using a commercial search engine, such as Google. As early as this stage, a gap already exists between the savvy and the non-savvy internet users, such as the digital divide and search strategy problems. The first gap involves the access to computer or the internet itself. It is particularly existent among elderly adults, disabled, or ...

Introduction

The emergency department provides the urgent services to the ill patients. In the emergency department, the doctors provide the enhanced care to the patients when they are in the critical situation. With the advancement in the technology, the health care professionals provide the advanced treatment to the patients in the emergency department (Petrillo-Albarano & Little, 2010). On the other hand, intensive care units are also called ICU. The patients who are in a critical condition are admitted to the ICU. At first, the patients are treated in the emergency department, but if they cannot recover from the emergency department they ...

Introduction

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 need at least seven hours of sleep each night to maintain their cognitive, emotional, and physical functions, but college students tend to lack quality sleep. A sample of 1,160 college students reported sleeping on average 5.85 ± 1.85 hours per night, and 35% of them considered their sleep bad or very bad (Elagra et al., 2016). Lack of sleep has been associated with higher risk of negative moods, unintentional injuries, risk-taking behaviors, and poor academic performance (National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center, 2014). Although various negative effects of ...

Historical perspectives regarding the delivery of health care in the United States

The delivery of health care in the United States has undergone many reforms to improve the quality of care, efficiency, and develop universal access to health care. The first perspective focuses on the establishment of hospitals. America founded its first hospital in the mid-1700s. The hospital system became fully functional in the 1850s characterized by unskilled labor and hospitals owned by physicians who would provide care at their homes. The health care condition was deplorable as people went to hospitals because there was no other alternative. The second health care perspective is in medicine and medical education. In 1847, ...

1. Compliance breach literally means the act of breaking accordance with the request, obedience or indication, or any internal or external requirements or standards. By compliance itself, one means a part of control, or monitoring system in the organization, associated with non-compliance risk, compliance with legal requirements, regulations, rules and standards of oversight bodies, industry associations and self-regulatory organizations, codes of conduct, and other institutions (American Health Information Management Association). As a result, compliance breach may ultimately lead to the application of legal sanctions or regulatory sanctions, financial or reputational loss, changing regulations and generally accepted standards. Compliance breach ...

Health care standards have been evolving over time. A plethora of processes and forces take part in igniting the developments. These changes could be ad hoc, systematic or even consensual. At the bottom lurks a well-established organizational structure whose object is to review the performance of the standards and propose advancement where circumstances so require. However, certain areas lag, occasioning serious inefficiencies to the system. Often, the legal framework is a serious undoing and affects the realization of these standards. Besides, diverse standards contain varying recommendations, and this tends to atrophy the efforts therewith. Perhaps a biggest of all ...

Discussing Modern Electronic Records, Online Venues and Mobile Devices

INTRODUCTION This is the 21st century, an era of ever-increasing advancements in the realm of science and technology. Year after year more advanced, more innovative and more efficient technologies continued to be developed. We see this in how many people rely on technological devices, like computers, “i-pads” or tablets and smart phones, to fulfill their job requirements, to gain an education and in their every day social lives. There are no major industries that have not developed or placed their dependence in some kind of technology, be it farming and manufacturing or banking and construction; the healthcare industry is ...

Business Plan

Business Plan

Executive Summary

A business plan is a particular statement that contains the goals of a business and the way of attainment of these goals. The paper presents a business plan that employs a business strategy in defining the business’s overall goals, management team, staffing of the organization and other factors. This plan ideally presents my idea of establishing a new business venture in the field of health care. Initially, the paper presents a well-detailed description of the business that is to be established. This includes defining the overall objectives of the business the particular products that the business ...

Introduction

Health information management is a crucial field in the delivery of care in health care systems. Health information management is concerned with the acquisition, analysis, and protection of information that is required for the optimal provision of care (The American Health Information Management Association, 2016). Such information might include patient history, physical examination results, clinical information, laboratory results, results from radiological departments, and the treatment history among other information (The American Health Information Management Association, 2016). The workers in the health information management field are trained to possess different skills and an understanding of the processes in different fields ( ...

According to Gulanick and Myers (2013), the nursing process has been identified as the most appropriate strategy which can be employed in trying to ensure that the most suitable care is provided to a particular individual. Ensuring that the patient gets the best out of the Caregiving process should form the primary objective of any nursing undertaking. Addition studies (de Oliveira et al. 2012; Weber and Kelley, 2013), show carrying out a thorough assessment of a patient is a significant step as it forms the basis of a care plan. Studies by (Papathanasiou et al., 2013; Morrissey, 2016) showed ...

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Health and hearsay

Legal actions engage health records as evidence are geared to buttress or strengthen or on the other hand vilify the testimony given at a trial. “Evidence” is understood as “testimony, writings, material objects, and other things presented to prove or disprove a fact.” Health record can be used as proof in either civil or criminal actions as well as in administrative hearings. However, before a party can use health records as evidence in any proceedings, the party seeking to use these records must first determine whether these are admissible; to be admissible, these must be determined as relevant ...

Section 1

HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule The Privacy Rule applies to protected health information (PHI) or health information that can help identify an individual, created or received by covered entities (CE), which include health plans, clearinghouses, Medicare prescription drug sponsors, and health care providers who electronically transmit information. However, the employees of these covered entities are excluded from this while the business associates of these covered entities are subject to some provisions of the rule. The use and disclosure of PHI by the covered entities requires written authorization by the individual as it is governed by the Privacy Rule ...

Employee training and development play a crucial role in the attainment of organizational goal by incorporating both the interest of an organization and the workforce. The most critical factor that significantly improves employee performance is training. This memo is addressed to the board of trustees to urge it to triple the investment in training and development this year to improve the performance of employees.

Importance of Training and Development in Improving Employee Performance

Training and development enhance employee job satisfaction: Job satisfaction plays a significant role in improving employee productivity, motivation and low turnover (Khan, Khan & Khan, 2011). Therefore, training and development will help in nurturing workers to ...

Health IT Hot Topic of Week Assignment: Electronic Health Record

Electronic Health Record can be defined as the systematic collection of the health information of populations and patients that have been electronically stored in digital format. The health information can be shared across diverse heath care settings through enterprise-connected and network-connected information systems as well as other information exchanges and network systems (Hsiao, Hing, Socey & Cai, 2010). Electronic Health Records includes an array of data, from allergies, medication, medical history, radiology images, medical billing information, and personal statistics such as weight, age, and laboratory test results to immunization status. Electronic Health Record systems are often developed for the main ...

Nowadays not a community is able to manage their businesses without having a well-developed computerized system of supporting it. Studies in the field of medicine are extremely important especially if they are based on ways of adoption and application of IT innovations in various healthcare services management and deliveries. The system of providing studies is the medical informatics, where people use information technology in order to achieve some goals in the healthcare industry. This paper is to analyze medical informatics` impact on the quality of care along with listing some potential issues of its implementation into the wide use. ...

Introduction

Rapid revolution in information and technology is believed to be one of the significant changes that are taking place in the modern society. The emerging technologies have fundamentally redefined the way we live and work, the values we place on social institutions like health and education and even the family. Currently, there are some emerging technologies in the health sector, which are being used to manage healthcare information. It is also widely believed that the technologies have the potential of enhancing health care quality, improve the safety of patients and physicians, and reduce the healthcare cost. However, there are ...

Importance of Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

Introduction One of the key factors for effective decision-making for nurses and other healthcare practitioners is information. It is also integral to the quality improvement of the practice of nursing. In most of the activities of nurses such as from assessing the health care needs of patients up to the developing of health care plans, information acquisition and evaluation is required. Information is also involved in the communication patients regarding the information to and from the other health care practitioners (Canadian Nurses Association np). Lastly, information is also involved in the analysis of the staff’s work as well ...

In healthcare organizations, patients are admitted, tested, put under medication, and discharged. All these activities generate data that is analyzed to produce information stored as patient records. This information can be overwhelming especially for large organizations. In some cases, patient information may be scattered in different hospital departments. This means that reconciling such information would be a difficult task yet patient information is important. Therefore, information needs to be managed in such a way that it is accessible to authorized personnel, easily modified and stored (Vest & Gamm, 2010). Health informatics is a discipline concerned with the management of healthcare ...

The world is rapidly changing and advancing in terms of science and technology. It has become extremely difficult to escape the presence of technology, either at the individual or organizational level. Some of the key technological changes include the internet, smart phones, and the use of computers. Many people and organization are now finding themselves in a situation where they cannot exist without technology, and the health organizations are not left behind, as they are rapidly adopting health care informatics into their systems. The essay, therefore, focuses on a case where a larger medical center is rapidly introducing computer ...

Public health organizations are actively seeking social media and related technologies to disseminate health related information (Isaacs, 2014). Social media can be highly influential and can affect people’s behavior (Isaacs, 2014). Some of the benefits of using social media for health communication are: (i)it enhances the person’s access to health information, (ii) can be used to create awareness or (iii) to conduct mass campaigns on public health issues. (Cooke-Jackson, 2013) The risk of disseminating health information through social media are as follows: (i) People using social media are exposed to a number of health information on ...

Capstone Project of a Community Surveillance System in Kentucky: Evaluation of the Community Surveillance System and the HealthSIS system (Emergint technology Inc.) used in the Northern Kentucky Health Department and St. Elizabeth Hospital

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Surveillance Systems Overview 5 Disease Surveillance: Responsibilities and Procedures . 6 Project Goals .. 8 Emergint, Inc. (HealthSIS) .. 9 Monthly Log .. 11 Emergent: Health Department and St. Elizabeth Interface .. 12

Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 13

Questions Regarding Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital . 14

Performance Issues at the Kentucky Department of Health 15

Possible Solutions for Performance Issues .. 16

Using DCTS Computer Software 18

Conclusion and Recommendations .. 19

Works Cited 21

Appendix A .. 22 Abstract The surveillance systems for hospitals are crucial ...

Business process

Introduction This paper mainly talks about the business process of several businesses. It shows the main business process steps which should be used in order to generate profit in a business. It also gives solutions to different business problems so that entrepreneurs can have a clue on what steps to take in their business process in case of a certain problem.

Business Process

A business process is a set of activities or tasks that when completed they will accomplish the organizational goals (Dumas, La Rosa, Mendling & Reigers, 2013). It starts by characterizing the strides it takes to complete something, enhancing those ...

REF: NEW REGULATIONS TO SECURE HEALTH INFORMATION AND PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY

Hello. I hope this memo finds you in perfect health. I would like to bring to your attention the following changes to DHHS’s HIPAA regulatory requirements. Also highlighted are some of the subsequent internal policy changes as well as their influence on nursing practice and patient care.

New Regulatory Requirement

The DHHS has strengthened its regulations on the need for enhanced privacy and security for protected health information (PHI). This move works in line with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1996. The revision, therefore, addresses the following key pointers. First, in the revision, there is a great enhancement ...

The Case of the Wandering Eyes

Under federal law, health care patients have a right to privacy. This right includes the right to request that only specific health care providers have access to a patient’s records. In this case study, Nurse Summers has violated this celebrity patient’s privacy. I believe it would be prudent to discuss this violation with Nurse Summers. She should be reminded that the patient requested that only staff assigned to his or her room should enter. Nurse Summers should be informed that she has violated the HIPAA Privacy rule, which states that patients have rights over their health information (“ ...

Introduction

Change is a perpetual in today’s fast paced world. What is modern today becomes obsolete tomorrow. New technologies mean a change in the way on thinks, learns and gets his information or uses it. Any organization may feel the challenges brought about by those new technologies and why they need to implement them within their culture. Any change within or outside an institution is sure to incite mixed reception and perception among its members and clients. The essay applies a change theory to an organizational-based on Kotter’s change model and plans a change process. The change process ...

The U.S DHHS case I chose explored the protection of confidential information for covered entities. The case falls under the HIPAA regulations as part of securing protected health information from third party access. In this case, an employee failed to observe the need for privacy when she left a message with a patient’s family member. This message detailed the patient’s treatment plan as well as medical condition. Further investigations revealed that the employee did not follow confidential communication requirements as outlined by the facility (HHS, 2016). As part of the breach resolution, the facility drafted new procedures ...

Introduction

The availability of more advanced forms of technology had greatly changed the dynamics of the many aspects of human lives. From how people share their photos or how they communicate with one another, advancements in technologies had played a huge role. Similarly, smartphones had swept people off their feet and revolutionized the world in an instant. Furthermore, the applications of the use of smartphone continue to advance. For instance, in the health care setting, more and more people have relied on the convenience and mobility that smartphones can provide them. In 2012, it had been noted that more than ...

As medical practices merge, it is certain that systems will change. As a result of the merger, the organization will want to operate as a combined system and to do this, plans have to be developed to change some or all of the systems. In the plan, it is important to consider the role of technologies vis-à-vis the need to promote patient safety and enhance the quality of patient care. In addition, it is also vital to consider implementing health information systems that meet the regulatory requirements as set by the federal government. When it comes to the ...

Introduction

The present scenario evidently indicates the requirement of safeguarding protected health information (PHI) of the patients undertaking treatment across various medical facilities. The qualified nurse in the existing scenario surpassed the legal, ethical and professional conventions while encountering a traumatized lead singer in the clinical setting. The transfer of the protected health information of the singer through the smart phone to an unauthorized person and the social web sites, even in a good intent converted the scenario as the subject of a lawsuit requiring legal intervention. The selling of the significant information of the admitted patient to a famous ...

Health Care Privacy and Security Law: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)

Introduction Every citizen is required to achieve and maintain privacy and security of healthcare information as stated by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT). It provides resources assisting citizens to succeed in achieving their responsibilities concerning privacy and security of electronic health care data. Thus, electronic health care records concerning data storage and transmittal is a sensitive and serious issue. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) offers a guide to health care privacy and security. It was enacted on August 1996 encompassing administrative simplification provisions requiring the United States Department of Health ...

Staff Development and Team Improvement

Introduction Davis Healthcare is situated at the heart of California in Davis Town, and it offers services to patients who need some tender care after hospitalization. The healthcare has a home environment which helps the patients stay comfortable and recover with time. However, there is a need to improve the quality of health care in the institution. Staff improvement and team development is a sure way of ensuring that the quality of services offered is optimal and to the required standards (Bendaly & Bendaly, 2012). The paper will analyze various improvement methodologies, the information technology used and various benchmarks against ...

Background

The present-day advancements in the field of technology present a major breakthrough or opportunity for the healthcare system at large. This is purposely due to the myriad of information management, analysis and sharing products that come with health information technology (HIT). This means that accurate health information can be quickly and safely transacted between the patient and the healthcare provider as well as between the healthcare providers. One of the areas that the contemporary advancements in technology could be feasibly harnessed is through the provision of post-discharge patient care. The post-discharge phase of care presents a unique care situation ...

Introduction

Electronic health documentation (EHR) was introduced under the 111th American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009. The aim was to achieve an electronic health record for every citizen of the USA by the year 2014. The technological change in the nursing field has been met with both accolades and criticism. Those who endorse the method of recording patient information argue that it is safer and more convenient relative to the traditional paper method. The critics argue that the method is open to abuse by the hospital administrators and can be shared without the consent of the owners. Among these ...

Abstract

The healthcare systems comprise of many services that can lead to the successful delivery of treatment to the patients. Patients can receive their treatment and then the member or the hospital can contact the third party payer to reimburse them. There are numerous reimbursement methods and clients chose one that they. The methods include; the Value-Based Purchasing Medical Reimbursement, pay for performance, fee-for- service and episode-of-care payment. Each method has both its advantages and disadvantages to either the patient or the hospital. An acute care hospital which provides quality treatment to the patients within a short period utilizes the ...

Like any other change process, the implementation of new technology will be faced with resistance. It is inevitable across the work environments that any intention to implement or introduce a change will have to be subjected to scrutiny and criticism which if not well managed will lead to poor results and losses will be incurred especially if the new systems are not utilized to meet the optimal expectations (Cresswell & Sheikh, 2013). The common practice across the work environments is that such resistance to change is generated by the feeling that the change process will significantly alter the status quo ...

A competency pertains to a projected level of performance that results from an integration of knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment. These will be used to successfully complete critical functions that help an individual in the work environment. Following are some selected nursing informatics competencies that will help me in the performance of my role as nurse.

Knowledge Competency

Competency: Describes examples of how technology and information management are related to the quality and safety of patient care.

Resources: Read and understand the following:

Health Information Technology, Patient Safety, and Professional Nursing Care Documentation in Acute Care Settings by Mary Ann Lavin, Ellen Harper, and Nancy Barr http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-20-2015/No2-May-2015/Articles-Previous-Topics/Technology-Safety-and-Professional-Care-Documentation.html ...

Healthcare

Introduction Data provided by research encompasses critical importance to the advancement of practicum experience at an HIV agency. The information afforded through research offers new perspectives and approach to dealing with HIV cases, particularly for students that are starting to get exposed in real-world experience working in HIV related issues. The discussion will demonstrate the understanding of the importance of data on all aspects of the practicum experience in an HIV agency in Canada. This includes highlighting agency practices in terms of implementation of data security and the importance of training in handling critical data, particularly about HIV patient’ ...

A review of the technology trend paper, on the topic of Health Information Security, reveals that the author has an in-depth understanding of the impacts that technology may have on the health care industry. The paper is insightful, as it provides readers with information on all the key aspects associated with the area of study thereby promoting overall validity and reliability of the paper. The author ensures that the paper is easy to follow through the usage of subheadings to cover all areas of study for the research paper. That acts as a guarantee that readers would have a ...

Introduction

Technology is constantly changing with a rapid pace that has greatly influenced the healthcare setting. The practices within the healthcare settings have adopted different innovative and information technology system and devices that have change the nursing practice (Westra & Delaney, 2009). In this document, the problems related to the adoption of technology’s impacting nursing practices are discussed. It critically analyzes the role of the nursing leadership as counteracting to the resolve the issues and concerned related to the technology use in nursing practices. It focuses on the application of leadership strategies to overcome the problem. Moreover, it concludes with ...

RE: Overview of the Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE)

Healthcare Information Exchange commonly abbreviated as HIE is a system through which healthcare professionals share critical information about patients which will aid in the delivery of quality healthcare services (HIMSS, 2009). This exchange system is automated and managed by formal organizations called Healthcare Information Organizations (HIO) subject to state and federal laws. HIOs ensure that patient information is accessed and retrieved only by authorized users and the information is safely stored away from individuals who may use it for illegal purposes (HIMSS, 2009). Some of the information about patients that is shared include; laboratory reports, previous and current medications, ...

Health information exchange (HIE) is an automated dynamic way that allows patients and health care providers to appropriately and securely access and shares the vital medical information of patients enabling interoperability and ultimately a meaningful use of health information technology. HIE ultimately improves the speed, safety, cost, and quality of patient care (Thompson, 2006). Moreover, within Kentucky, Health Information Exchange is widespread, and the web-based portal is used by major health systems to transport records between one another. As noted by Mann (2014), more than 612 providers in Kentucky use the health information exchange with about 2,200 facilities. ...

Colorectal cancer can be treated to remission when it is detected early. This underscores the importance of screening for colorectal cancer (Miller et al., 2011). There is an increased incentive for screening for colorectal cancer considering that colorectal cancer ranks fourth among the top causes death for non-cutaneous cancers and an even higher second rank when all cancers are considered. Even with these incentives for compliance with screening protocols, Miller et al., (2011) finds that the compliance rates are still low and attributes it to several factors. These findings that are corroborated by Hernandez, Chowdhury, Fleming & Griffith, (2011) who ...

The use of electronic patient record systems and their associated information applications has received considerable political support over the past decade. For example, in the United States, health care informatics was a primary component in the presidential campaigns of both Senators Barrack Obama and John McCain (Hoffman and Podgurski, 2008). Accordingly, after Obama was elected to the seat, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in 2009. This law is traditionally referred to as the “Stimulus Bill”. In the following year after it was implemented, the Unite States government invested $148 billion in the health care of which ...

Evidence from the past weeks shows that health information systems have the ability to improve patient outcomes in terms of efficiency, access, quality, and safety. However, the literature also reveals that the success of these systems cannot be possible in the absence of vital competencies such as informatics and computer skills. This week, the TIGER initiative attempts to explain the role of technology in the future of nursing. TIGER looks into advancing the involvement of information systems in practice, patient engagement, and education. Ideally, the initiative encourages nurse educators to involve their student nurses in learning the importance of ...

Web-based interventions are considered to be the advancement made in the nursing practice due to the dynamic changes when it comes to technology and computer systems. In addition, the higher priority for the funding of the technological aspects in the field of nursing led to the discovery and development of various interventions that utilizes computers and technology (Im & Chang, 2013; Chee, Lee, Chee, & Im, 2014). Web-based interventions refer to a self-guided intervention which was implemented and executed with the use of an online programs which can be operated using computers and internets. These programs can be accessed and used ...

Nursing Sensitive Indicators

According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), nursing sensitive indicators are measures that show “the structure, process, and outcomes of nursing care” (Dykes & Collins, 2013). They are measurements that are connected to nursing care aimed at checking the status of the patient and the caregiver. The International Council of Nurses (2009) defines nursing quality indicators as changes in health conditions as a direct result of nursing care. The nursing quality indicators as outlined by the ANA include patient falls, the occurrence of nosocomial infection, failure to rescue, the incidence of pressure sores, surgical patients’ complications, the prevalence of restraints, ...

Introduction

In addition to enhancement of economic growth, innovations in engineering can have safety, social, health, and environmental impacts, both negative and positive impacts. In the fast growing and changing business environment, constant technological innovation is important for businesses to be able to stay ahead of competition. Engineering innovation takes many different forms depending on the given industry.

Engineering innovation in the healthcare sector

In the healthcare sector, engineering innovation has led to the introduction of new systems for monitoring health care provision while enhancing quality care delivery as per the expected standards. One such engineering innovation that has been introduced in the healthcare sector is ...