Week 7: Technology: Benefits and Future Trends What technology do you find most beneficial to use in your work or school setting? Least beneficial? Why do you find this tool useful or not? Then, using your imagination, look to the future and think about how this tool could be enhanced even further. Describe your dream technology, with consideration for patient care and safety. SOLUTION   In the healthcare industry, an increase in telecommunications, computer-mediated communications, and vir...

Requirements   The purpose of this Course Project is to provide students the opportunity to explore a technology used in the healthcare system. The project requires students to work in a small team together in order to describe how this technology supports the patient care experience through the use of information technology and information structures. Teams and topics will be assigned and are nonnegotiable. The final product of this project is a presentation to be shared with the class in We...

Week 6: Informatics and the Development of Standards Discuss the roles of federal, state, and local public health agencies in the development of standards for informatics in healthcare. SOLUTION   The function of federal, state, and local health agencies in the electronic healthcare system is to collect and disseminate health-related information and education. McGonigle and Mastrian (2018) discussed how healthcare organizations, governments, and even society are responsible for ensuring...

Instructions  What is a workaround? Identify a workaround (specific to technology used in a hospital setting) that you have used or perhaps seen someone else use, and analyze why you feel this risk-taking behavior was chosen over behavior that conforms to a safety culture. What are the risks? Are there benefits? Why or why not? Discuss the current patient safety characteristics used by your current workplace or clinical site. Identify at least three aspects of your workplace or clinical ...

Instructions   How does data become knowledge and finally wisdom? Explain the relationship between knowledge acquisition, knowledge processing, knowledge generation, knowledge dissemination, and wisdom. Then provide examples from your clinical practice (or past work experiences) according to the following: Examples of knowledge acquisition Examples of knowledge generation Examples of knowledge processing Examples of knowledge dissemination Examples of the use of feedback S...

Imagine that you are a public health nurse, and you and your colleagues have determined that the threat of a deadly new strain of influenza indicates a need for a mass inoculation program in your community. What public health data would have been used to determine the need for such a program? Where would you locate public health data? What data will be collected to determine the success of such a program? How might you communicate this to other communities or internationally? SOLUTION  The use...

Choose a topic related to health that has meaning to your personal health, interests, and well-being. This may be a disease, such as diabetes, or a healthy fitness activity. Conduct a database search comparing one of the following database directories with Google Scholar. CINAHL and Google Scholar PubMed and Google Scholar CINHAL and PubMed Explain how you were able to narrow down the number of article hits you had initially, and present within your post a summary of the credibl...

Instructions Discuss ways that nursing informatics could be applied to all areas of professional nursing practice, including clinical practice, administration, education, and research. Provide examples of each. What do you see as the biggest significance of nursing informatics, and why? SOLUTION  Many of you may be wondering just what is 'nursing informatics'? Nursing informatics is a very dynamic concept. We can use it to improve health delivery and health outcomes for our patients. We ca...

Instructions   Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to investigate smartphone and social media use in healthcare and to apply professional, ethical, and legal principles to their appropriate use in healthcare technology. Requirements 1. Research, compose, and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario described below, and choose a conclusion scenario to discuss within the body of your paper. Reflect on lessons learned in this class about technology, privacy concerns, and legal an...