...Miller Health Informaion Systems Journal Article Critique #2 Marschollek, Michael (2009). Recent progress in sensor-enhanced health information systems – slowly but sustainably. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 34(4): 225-230 Introduction With an aging society and life expectancy rising there is great need for the integration of health enabling technologies into health information systems. The use of health enabling technologies is thought to help in the mission of improving the need for care and quality through the enhancement of sensor-enhanced health information systems. The greatest areas of importance for health enabling technologies are data security, patient centered care, diagnostic analysis, and system connectivity standards which will help focus on improving care, quality, and disease research. The transition from a system that is institutional focused to patient focus will not be immediate, for health enabling technologies is still fairly new and growing so it will be a slow process before patients and organizations reap the benefits of this new technology. Creating self-sufficiency is an important capability for patients and care givers especially for those living with chronic illnesses. Health enabling technologies will aid in managing illnesses through relevant information and communication, which is key for individuals to actively participate and have some control over their healthcare needs. The health enabling...
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...MIDWIFERY SY 2011 SUMMER NURSING INFORMATICS COURSE SYLLABUS Course Description: Integrates nursing science with computer technology and information science to identify, gather, process, and manage information. Emphasis on technology based health applications which support clinical, administrative, research, and educational decision making enhancing the efficacy of nursing endeavors. Course Purpose: This course provides an overview of nursing informatics for all student nurse. Focus is on developing an understanding of concepts relevant to health care informatics. Current trends and issues in using, designing, and managing heath care information systems will be examined. Students, applying knowledge from assigned readings, will analyze the design and implementation of health care information systems. The course includes email, electronic discussion forums, computer applications, worldwide web, and internet assignments. Course Objectives: 1. Identify key trends and issues in nursing informatics and the impact on health care information systems. 1.1 Describe the historical perspectives of nursing and computers 1.2 Discuss the term nursing informatics. 1.3 Define basic terms related to hardware, software, World Wide Web, and the Internet. 1.4 Identify informatics visions for the profession of nursing. 1.5 Discuss technology applications utilizing speech recognition, genomic informatics, date warehousing, and virtual reality...
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...Information Literacy and Evidence-Based Practice During my search for information on the diabetic topic I did find a lot of information but I was not sure if all those sites were given me good information. I had to legitimately research my topic, make patient repetition, careful filtering, and the separation of drivel from verified content, all performed with a critical and skeptical mindset. I combined soft and hard research that requires the most work, because the Diabetic topic broadens my search requirements. Not only that I needed to find hard facts and figures, but I have to debate against very strong opinions to make my case. I search the American Diabetes Association I used the CRAAP test to verify that the information I was getting was reliable before I used it in my research paper and I found their information was current, the information was related to my topic and was a appropriate to my patient. It is a reliable source of information for diabetic who is willing to know more about the disease. I stick to the first google results page. I start with the main keywords it helps me find exactly what I am looking for. I used some google shortcuts like pdf to search only those files. I Use site: www.example.com to search within a specific data base. I Use google scholar, I change keywords as I go. I usually find that some words are more commonly used than others and lead me to more results, so I change my keyword to adapt. I used the American Diabetic Association...
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...Nursing: Benefits and Challenges of Electronic Health Records Abstract The Informatics Nurse plays a vital role in training and educating healthcare professionals as they move from paper charting to employing an electronic health record system. According to Zandieh et al., (2008, p. 758) research demonstrates that one of the biggest challenges for moving from paper-based systems to EHR is the perceived skills of staff and their comfort level with a new computer system. The utilization of the Informatics Nurse in the delivery of new EHR initiatives is a critical component in providing a successful outcome for quality nursing care. Nursing: Benefits and Challenges of Electronic Health Records Introduction According to Murphy (2010, p. 283) the Health Information Technology Act in 2009 has required Healthcare systems to implement the conversion of paper documentation to electronic health records. Throughout this process, the need for the role of the Informatics Nursing is growing. Many modalities including, but not limited to, standardizing records and computerizing patient data, all play key roles in the development of best practice. Although EHR, Electronic Health Record, will prove to be extremely beneficial, EHR presents new challenges to the nursing profession. One of these challenges is staff resistance and being able to provide sufficient technical training. This topic is of particular interest because...
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...Methods-Models- Deepika Problems-Deepika,Mir Solutions-Deepika, Mir Current Research- Deepika Stats On Behaviour Modification- Mir Conclusion Informatics For Behaviour Modification Abstract: Health-related behaviors are among the most significant determinants of health and quality of life. Improving health behavior is an effective way to enhance health outcomes and mitigate the escalating challenges arising from an increasingly aging population and the proliferation of chronic diseases. Although, it has been difficult to obtain lasting improvements in health behaviours on a wide scale, advances at the intersection of technology and behavioural science may provide the tools to address...
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...DENTAL INFORMATICS IN PLANNING AN EFFECTIVE ORAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM IN INDIA - NEED OF AN HOUR Eshani Saxena*1, Pankaj Goel2 , Chandrashekar BR3, Sudheer Hongal 4 , 1. P.G Student , Dept of public health dentistry ,Peoples dental academy , Bhopal 2. HOD, dept of Public health dentistry AIIMS Bhopal 3. Dept of Public health dentistry, People’s dental academy , Bhopal 4. Reader, Dept of Public health dentistry, People’s dental academy , Bhopal Corresponding author: Dr. Eshani Saxena , P.G Student , Dept of public health dentistry ,Peoples dental academy , Bhopal . Received on 16 Jan 2014, Published on 2 feb 2014 ABSTRACT Technology in dentistry is a novel science and it will continue to grow in future. The research field that study dentistry from a technical perspective is dental informatics. Dental informatics engrosses every discipline in dentistry. To review the existing literature on dental informatics in public health practice and discuss the feasibility of integrating dental informatics in planning effective oral health information system in India. A thorough search for the literature on dental informatics and oral health information system was made in biomedical data bases using the search engine for two weeks by one investigator. The retrieved literature was then organized into primary and secondary sources, softwares in clinical dentistry, softwares for public health informatics etc. The literature focusing on the applicability of dental informatics in public...
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...Technology and Decision-Making Paper Allie Timbo Health Care Informatics HCS482 November 8, 2010 Richard Ong, MBA, FACHE Technology and Decision-Making Paper More than ever before, information technology is helping clinicians and health care systems improve the collection and management of data along with the ability to aid in decision–making for clinical and business issues. Information technology has led to significant improvements in quality of care, patient safety, and communication between clinicians. The key to information technology and decision-making is to develop relationships between information technology and the users to make effective decisions. Systems that support decision-making assist the user’s ability to make short and long-term decisions by providing information to make decisions concerning particular situations. Health care informatics “incorporates theories from information, science, computer science, and cognitive sciences” (Englebardt & Nelson, 2002, p. 5). Health care informatics specialists use theories, and the Data, Information, and Knowledge (DIK) Model to guide their practice, which in turn supports clinical practice and optimizes health care delivery. Systems and Informatics Theories Theories are useful in several ways. Theories form a reference point for information technology and users. Without theories users would spend time condensing information and data from empirical sources. According to John Holmes, chairperson of the American...
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...SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED NURSING ROLES BROWN_K_W5A2_SU_NSG5000 Kerry Ann Brown South University Due to the changing health care environment, the nursing profession is currently in a process of evolution. Scopes of practice and role expansions are being prepared. Some of these roles are traditional, such as nurse practitioners who have been fighting for equality and recognition since the early 19th century. With the advent of technological advancements in health care new roles such as nurse informaticists, recognized as a specialty in the later part of the 20th century, are being put into practice and defined. More responsibilities are being given to the nursing profession due to its knowledge base within the constructs of organization, implementation, and evaluation skills with a human approach. During the context of this class much knowledge was gained in respect to the nurse practitioner (NP), nurse administrator, nurse educator, and nurse informaticist (nurse informatics specialist). Because health care is changing, the aforementioned roles are also evolving, this paper will explore the commonalities with each advance practice role and analyze the roles and contributions of the nurse informatics specialist. The nurse practitioner is a postgraduate prepared registered nurse, who has either a master’s degree or doctorate. Upon graduation, NPs possess a wealth of knowledge allowing them to independently manage direct clinical aspects of patient-centered holistic...
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...of practice in the nursing field. Due to the diversity of this profession, the advanced nurse can play the role of nurse administrator, nurse informatics, nurse practitioner or nurse educator. These high level roles require more advanced education and experience to attain the required credential needed to handle the responsibilities that come with the profession. The purpose of this scholastic writing is to review the different advanced nursing roles and scope of practice for the respective roles. This paper will further expand more on the nurse practitioner role and scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, legal aspects and practice environment. Advanced Practice Roles: Differences and Similarities Clinical Practice When clinical practice is mentioned, the first thought that comes to mind is hands on patient care. Of all the advanced practice roles mentioned, nurse practitioner is the...
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...Abstract Nursing Informatics as we have learned over the course of this class is defined as computer science mixed with nursing and information science. This paper will present my view of the advantages of nursing informatics and how it has enhanced the quality environment in which we work as nurse's work and has changed how we care for our patients. The most basic advantage is that it improves communication between all disciplinarians of the health care industry and I will make my statement of how I believe this communication can be of advantage to all of the healthcare industry. The Advantages of Nursing Informatics and Quality Improvement The world of nursing is changing on a daily basis and we, as nurses need to adapt and change in order to provide our patients with the ultimate care they deserve. The hospital environment as a whole has changed over the years and is now a business and the patients are our customers. The advances and advantages of nursing informatics in my opinion will deliver safe and superior quality care for our customers in the health care industry. In 2008 a landmark report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "Nursing Time and Motion Study" it was revealed through a 36 hospital study, how important the workflow optimization is in the nursing field. I found this to be a very eye opening report as it revealed that less than 20% of a nurses' time is spent on patient care activities and only 7 % of the nurse's...
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...5 IMPROVING QUALITY OF HEALTH……………………………………………………………………………5 IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE COST………………………………………………………………………………5 IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM………………………………………………………….5 LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 WHAT IS HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY……………………………………………………...6-8 INFORMATICS IN HEALTHCARE……………………………………………………………………………….8-9 BENEFITS OF INFORMATICS……………………………………………………………………………………9-10 PROBLEM ANALYSIS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 THE COST OF HEALTH IT………………………………………………………………………………………10-11 HOW IT IMPROVED QUALITY………………………………………………………………………………….12 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 (1). PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS……………………………………………………………………………12 (2). E-PRESCRIBING…………………………………………………………………………………………………13 (3). COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY……………………………………………………….13 SOLUTION AND IT IMPLEMENTATION……………………………………………………………………………14-15 JUSTIFICATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15-16 REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17 ------------------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The use of technology in health care has become a huge topic in the medical world today. Health care managers would like to know if technology really improves the quality of care in the health care sector and the challenges it presents in health care delivery. Health care technology allows providers...
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...Informatics Needs Assessment Marisa Mox HSN/375 February 6, 2016 Suzanne Spradley Informatics Needs Assessment The informatics needs assessment is an essential first step in the selection and implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for a healthcare workplace. This paper will address the purpose of a needs assessment and factors that need to be considered in the needs assessment. Additionally, this paper will explore the types of data that need to be collected and how and where that data can be accessed. This paper will also describe who should be consulted and the rationale why. Finally, this paper will include how the information from the needs assessment could be organized and presented to upper management. The purpose of a needs assessment is to “determine the gap between the organization’s current state and the overall needs of the organization” (Hebda & Czar, 2013). Specifically an informatics needs assessment will assist in selecting the electronic health record that will fit the needs of the organization. This involves putting together the data and information important to the organizations goal (Sewell & Thede, 2013). A needs assessment is an excellent tool for a facility to determine how to move from where they are to where they want to be. Several factors need to be considered when conducting a needs assessment. It is important to determine who has identified the need for an electronic record and to get their input. Did the request...
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...Health Informatics and Healthcare Introduction Health informatics as defined by Shi and Singh 2015, as the application of information science to improve efficiency, accuracy, reliability of healthcare service, and inclusion of healthcare delivery. Healthcare informatics is becoming more complex than any other time in recent memory, the foundation needed to bolster device utilization and interoperability is more expanded, and there is even a more extensive scope of utilization to consider. As the populace ages, there is added pressure to provide patient care choices at home and in the community, implying that medical devices are getting to be a piece of a much bigger ecosystem spreading over the steadily developing continuum. This paper will analyze health informatics and discuss its benefits, trends, current issues, the impact health informatics in healthcare settings, and the role of health managers and the future. An interview will be conducted with a health professional to get their point of view of how health informatics have impacted their workplace, with further discussion of human resources, careers and the future. History The U.S. National Library of Medicine defines health informatics as a collaborative effort of designing, developing, adopting, and applying IT-based ideas in healthcare services delivery, management and planning (Kramer, 2012). In 1949, Gustav Wager of Germany founded the first professional organization for...
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...Health Care Informatics/ HCS/482 Information technology in a world of health informatics systems is constantly changing and influenced by instant communication and global events. In the healthcare setting, being able to predict communication outcomes is a vital necessity. A system is defined as a series of functional components connected by communication links exhibiting, purpose, and goal directed behavior. This paper will analysis and discuss systems, informatics theories, and DIK model. This thesis will examine the role of expert system in nursing care, medicine, use of decision aids, and decision support systems. This argument will describe technology has on decision making uses for patient and client management and study the effects of technology on health care and health status. Theory informs a discipline and helps define the discipline OLS is not available, but I wanted to send you some feedback and will post your grade at a later time. This will include your APA, paper formatting, and the rest of the content. The assignment is well written, and I want to tell you that you really did not put it in a context that would help you in your Week 5 assignment. I will also cut and paste this exact same message in your OLS and feedback when it is available. What I mean by that is the fact you did not really show me you work in an enviornment that utilizes IT, you have experience working with informatics, and you may not be as strong in information techology. ...
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...to Health Care Informatics Week 4 Assignment (Telemedicine Applications) For more course tutorials visit www.hca401.com Telemedicine Applications The range of applications that currently fall under the overall category of telemedicine include four broad categories: • Health services • Education and training • Health administration • Research Select one of the four sub-specialties in Telemedicine: • Telepathology • Teleradiology • Teleintensive Care - Life flight • Telepsychiatry Prepare a 2-3 page paper (excluding title and reference pages) describing the advantages of the telemedicine applications or disadvantages for those individuals/patients who do not have access to the academic level of care facilities. How do they benefit clinically by having access to sub-specialists in a remote or rural setting? In your Telemedicine topic selection, include one of the four sub-specialties listed above and discuss how that application is evolving. Include 2-3 APA citations from scholarly sources *************************************************** HCA 401 Introduction to Health Care Informatics Week 5 Assignment (Strategic Implementation Plan) For more course tutorials visit www.hca401.com The Strategic Implementation Plan for the Electronic Medical Record Final Paper The Strategic Implementation Plan for the Electronic Medical Record Final Paper should demonstrate understanding of the reading assignments, class discussions, additional research and...
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