Technology In Healthcare

Nursing informatics and technology are quickly becoming the hot buzz words for nursing in the twenty-first century. While performing research for this specific paper, the observations of how far technology has come from its inception is mind boggling. When looking back to the mid 1990’s every patient had paper charting. Nurses manually charted vital signs, nursing notes, treatments and all orders were manually written in the chart. The patient’s name, insurance information, and billing items were stored electronically. Fast forward twenty plus years and everything nurses do with, for or to a patient is filed electronically. This file today is known as the electronic health record (EHR) (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015). This paper will be delving into the history of nursing informatics and technology, the pros and cons for nurses and what will be the big picture for informatics and technology in nursing today and in the future. Nursing informatics and the technology that has evolved over time are changing and quickly affecting how nurses treat, communicate, plan and document everything that they do for their patients.

The use of informatics and technology have been really helpful in eliminating the use of paper in documenting care, however; it also came with its own challenges. At the nursing facility where I work we still use paper for medication administration record (MAR) but we use point click care (PCC) for all other documentations like the nursing notes, skin assessment and SBAR. The impact that these changes has on my practice is the fact it makes charting easier as oppose to writing, it also makes the information immediately available for the health care team.

Information technology helps the organizations achieve many targets. The following is a needs assessment conducted in the Valley Hospital Medical Center, to determine the technology needs. This hospital does not lack an advanced technology, still, it has room for further improvement. For instance, they use the latest version of a computer program for the patient documentation. They make sure that the program gets updated as needed. There are no issues for any employee or department of this institution on accessing or documenting using this program.

A nursing technology revolution is around the corner. In recent years several advances have been made towards the implementation of various programs that help hospitals move more efficiently from ordering tests to admitting the patient into the hospitals proprietary system. In larger hospitals computers have been installed at nursing workstation so that nurses can chart information, view trending, and print lab reports. This is a long way from where nursing was 15 years ago.

Additionally, a general web search for the keyword usability testing revealed a framework employed by the US Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) to conduct usability testing. The searches for all databases were restricted to the past 10 years. Criteria for inclusion was limited to English language source, any study design, and commentaries or opinion articles were excluded from the search.

The author is offering an insightful view from Registered Nurse perspective of the current trends and improvements in the healthcare industry technology. Judy Murphy has an array of health care technological expertise from being a member of Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and Fellow Healthcare Information Management System Society. In addition to Judy Murphy work experience as Vice-President of Information Services and CO-Chairing the Alliance for Nursing Informatics.

The article written by Aziz Jamal, Kirsten McKenzie, and Michele Clark. All three from School of Public Health of Queensland University of Technology. I think that intended audience for this article is directly health care institutions and their stakeholders, and also ant health care providers. In nursing practice, we use Health Information Technologies on everyday basis and it affects our practice and patient care. This article shows in what ways it affects health care practice and patient care outcomes. The article presents a review of 23 studies that was conducted in order to see how much use of information technologies in health care improve quality of patient care. Health information technologies that was involved in these studies are

Secondly, the “usability of the human-technology interface needs to be evaluated early and often throughout the development of the system” (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018, p. 218). The ease of the nurse-patient interaction during technology usage is imperative to assessment

Technology and innovation have transformed the way people function personally and professionally. In the past, writing and mailing a letter was standard but now most people send electronic messages and text messages to phones. Healthcare has been changing tremendously as well, not only are paper charts and records becoming obsolete, but now many facilities are sharing test results, visit information details, and prescribed drug lists. This move into the digital age has helped improve healthcare by cutting costs in the long-term, increasing efficiency with decreased wait times, and reducing medical errors. This evolving technology expansion, commonly referred to as nursing informatics has created many

In today’s medical field technology plays a big role when it comes to patient care. Technology is huge when it comes to giving the patient the best type of quality care when they are in the hospital. In the old days people would just write it down on a sheet of paper and record it by hand, which caused mistakes. Now with the Electronic Health Record those mistakes are drastically declining. Statistics have shown that using the Electronic Health Record has lowered Nursing mistakes as well as improved patient care. Our society has progressed through the years and has been introduced with the Electronic Health Record which has drastically improved our health care system. The Electronic Health Record provides great communication between

Health information systems (HIS) are complex and it is helpful to understand advantages and disadvantages to some key components of a HIS. This section will describe the advantages and disadvantages of usability, interoperability, scalability and compatibility.

Healthcare provision has with time evolved from using conventional to more advanced and technological methods. The entire process from admission of patients to their ultimate discharge has ameliorated, leading to the acquisition of quality health care. Moreover, this notion has been achieved greatly with the help of nursing practitioners, who through their knowledge and experience in nursing informatics have transformed health management. According to the ANA (American Nursing Association), nursing information is a sub-division of health informatics integrating technological advanced to complement the skills and work of nursing practitioners. Nursing Informatics desegregates applications from information and nursing science and computer technology. Through the disciplines functional areas, nursing informatics heightens overall quality of nursing efficiency and practice by incorporating effectual communication and documentation (ANA, 2008).

The information technology is changing the world at deviate speed and evident in the healthcare system. The integration of new technologies within the system are emerging the change in nursing practice and improvement of patient safety. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on the implemented in nursing practice strategies and contribution of information technology to the development of new healthcare system.

Usability is an important concept in human factors. ISO defines usability as the extent in which a product can be used to achieve goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use. Technology should have an aspect of usability and user friendliness especially in a clinical context, so that it can reduce cases of medical errors. An information system comprises of various elements, among them is users who should have a clear understanding of their functions. Usability as a concept increases productivity and it will reduce costs of training and support. It reduces cases of errors as it reduces time involved when using the system (Bevan, 2009)

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) used in the health sector have well-known advantages. They can promote patient-centered healthcare, improve quality of care, and educate health professionals and patients. However, implementation of ICTs is new development in technology it remains difficult and involves changes at different levels: patients, healthcare providers, and healthcare organizations. Nurses constitute the largest health provider group of the healthcare workforce. The use of