Nursing Informatics: Telecommunications in Healthcare Name Professor Institution Course Date Nursing Informatics: Telecommunications in Healthcare Abstract Telecommunications in healthcare sector refers to the adoption and integration of relevant communication systems such as telephone, internet, laptops, and other networking concepts in the improvement of services to the patients. This method is vital in enhancing the accessibility of the remote areas through provision of quality services
Kenya Health Workforce Information System Waters, et al. (2013) indicated that KHWIS includes groups of databases in related design and implement to track workforce deployment in 2002. Until recently, KHWIS was developed with web-based application in 2012 (Ipublic Health, 2013). KHWIS received the workers’ data from all provinces and linked with developed data at Ministry of Medical services (MoMS). The technology devices are maintained by the local company. Figure 3: The diagram of Kenya health
health care information technology. It has thus made the federal government invest heavily in the project so as to increase the use of health IT research in the hospital computer. The need for this information in hospitals came as a result of the need to study and analyze the behaviors of the patients. It is also meant to help in the identification of the implications that are available for the practitioners following their future policy decisions that are related to the adopted technology. Activity
Advanced Informatics Management Introduction The healthcare sector is one among the few areas that are vital for the wellbeing of individuals and the societies. Due to people’s dependence on sound healthcare systems, current and emerging technologies have been developed to provide health practitioners, especially nurses with an opportunity to improve patient outcomes. The improved outcome is influenced ease of information access that helps in various decision-making processes. Qualified nurses
Technology in Nursing and Health Care: The continuous transformation of the health care field through the introduction of new technology tools has contributed to the need for nurses to stay current with new trends and keep track of what is on the horizon. However, these rapid technological changes and advancements in the health care field have seemingly precluded any probability of anticipating the future. As a result, nurses and other health care professionals can prepare for the future by remaining
The development of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) has become an interest for Federal health reform as well as public and private sectors, consumers, and providers; subsequently, when research is adequately funded and evidence-based treatment options become available and ready to be introduced into practice, this is achieved through translational research. In the early 1990‘s, translational
improvement initiatives of computer technologies and information security which have been utilized in non-health care industries within the last ten years. The paper will also look at rationale for the application, outcome of the application and two recommendations for follow-up with the application. Computer Software In order for a health care system to stay competitive with other health care systems, health care organizations must keep up with new technologies. This entails working with
The implementation of new information technology systems into existing organizations is not a new concept as the possible process improvements for a business can be fairly obvious when compared to more traditional non-computer based processes. One sector, which for the most part is transitioning into using information systems in an attempt to improve processes, is the health sector. This report observes and analyses multiple real life cases of health care providers from the United States who have
Electronic Health Record Adoption in Long-Term Care Health care in the United States is currently facing a looming crisis that requires an urgent response of intervention. With the baby boomers population on the rise, there will ultimately be an increased need for long-term care (LTC) services. Pratt (2015) defines baby boomers as “the name given to the large number of people born in the period following World War II, between 1946 and 1964” (p. 17). According to Mikulaschek (2013), “Beginning
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—Technology The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was put into place following the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 and was designed to foster the acceptance and purposeful use of health information technology. With the creation and implementation of a national health care infrastructure related to the electronic health care record system among providers, a revision of the current law