Resistance of Nurses in Use of Electronic Documentation The field of health information technology for nursing is rapidly growing. Advancements in electronic documentation for health care, such as the electronic medical record (EMR), can be an overwhelming addition to the workload of nurses. There is resistance by nurses in use of electronic documentation (Sharifian, Askarian, Nematolahi, & Farhadi, 2014). It is this writer’s opinion that nurses are under informed regarding the rationale for
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imperative that all facilities take the time, effort, and resources to incorporate it into their systems. Electronic Health Records: Transforming Today’s Healthcare The electronic health record and the use of clinical informatics have made great strides in improving the quality of care we provide for the population and also saving the industry millions of dollars. “The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter - as well as supporting
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Planning and Nursing Process Every decision-making process requires the basic steps of problem identification, intervention and evaluation. In healthcare, both the nursing process and strategic planning involve proper identification of a problem, gathering of data, formulating a plan, and deciding which intervention is the best to implement. After the intervention, evaluation is necessary. Strategic planning and the nursing process both are essential when developing medical informatics. The goal of
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Decisions in Health Care In this paper the role of technology in decision making is presented and systems and informatics theories are discussed followed by the DIK Model, and the role of expert system in nursing care and medicine. Furthermore, the use of decision aids and decision support systems are presented in correlation with the uses of technology for patient and client management, and the paper is concluded with an analysis of the effect of technology on health care and health status. Medical
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Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Ma HCS/ 482 May 25, 2015 Diane Delucia Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Strategic planning and the process of nursing often are not thought of in the same realm but in fact the nursing process plays a very important part of strategic planning for any nursing department; just as important as realizing the needs of a customer for any other business. In this paper, I will compare the strategic planning process and the nursing process as well as the
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Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process In any healthcare organization, the nursing process works hand in hand with the strategic planning procedure. Nurses are therefore required to be involved in the strategic planning process. The two processes are rather similar. Strategic planning is the process the organization uses to define its direction and make decisions allocating its resources, whereas, the nursing process is a 5 step method used by nurses to ensure the quality of patient care. These
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Healthcare Ecosystems LTT2 The challenges which are met in today’s healthcare are vast. It would seem that there are obvious reasons for the incorporation of health informatics to justify apparent flaws in the government programs such as Medicaid, TRICARE and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are three legislative policies which impede its progress. With most disciplines there exists certain parameters which provide the basic focus for which the disciplines fashion themselves
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Medicare Audits Affecting Healthcare Ecosystem Medicare is the most prominent health insurance program in the world; accounting for two percent of gross domestic production, seventeen percent of the U.S. health expenditures, and one-eighth of the government’s national budget. The major impact that this government payer program has in the healthcare ecosystem is the massive coverage it provides to the elderly and disabled. Costing about $260 billion annually, Medicare inaugurated the Recovery
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Informatics Needs Assessment Dawn Harvey HCS 482 March 2, 2015 Diane Delucia Informatics Needs Assessment Needs assessment is the first step in the information systems life cycle. The informatics needs assessment is an essential step in the selection and implementation of an Electronic Health Record. The following paper will address the purpose of a needs assessment and some factors that need to be considered in the needs assessment. Data that needs to be collected and where it can be accessed
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The challenges which are met in today’s healthcare are vast. It would seem that there are obvious reasons for the incorporation of health informatics to justify apparent flaws in the government programs such as Medicaid, TRICARE and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are three legislative policies which impede its progress. With most disciplines there exists certain parameters which provide the basic focus for which the disciplines fashion themselves around. In all there are seven elements
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