Technology and Health Information Patient Outcomes Essay 3

Information and technology skills are essential for all nurses to have, but especially for nurse informaticists. This assignment requires you to consider how information and technology connect to patient care outcomes and a safe care environment. Define the role of information technology in improving patient care outcomes and creating a safe care environment.

Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.

Identify your role as baccalaureate prepared nurse’s (BSN) for the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes. What will you as the BSN prepared nurse do differently?

Provide at least three examples of how nurses use technology to make patient and health care-related decisions.

Analyze relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care. Give an example of “good” data.

875-word paper, Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources, and develop an APA-formatted reference page.

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University of Phoenix Assignment Grading Rubric HSN 376 Week 1: Information Technology, Safety and Patient Outcomes Points possible Content: 80 points possible Explains why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care 20 Identifies the baccalaureate nurse’s role in championing the use of information and technology to improve safety and patient outcomes 20 Provides at least 3 examples of how nurses use technology to make health care-related decisions 20 Analyzes the relationship between the quality and integrity of data entered into a database and the resulting effect on the quality of patient care 20 Points possible Format: 20 points possible Includes a minimum of three peerreviewed sources 10 Follows a structure and style that is clear and concise, free of errors in grammar, syntax, and mechanics, 5 Follows correct APA formatting 5 Total Comments: 100 Points earned Comments Advancements in Nursing Informatics HSN/376 Version 1 1 University of Phoenix Material Advancements in Nursing Informatics Nursing informatics is not a new concept. Review the timeline to understand the advancements in Nursing Informatics. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 1950s – Harriet Werley, the first designated nurse researcher at the Walter Reed Army Research Institute was asked by IBM to consult on the use of computers in health care. 1960s – Critical care technology emerged in the form of mechanical ventilators and cardiac monitors 1970s – Computer-based information systems (CIS) implemented in hospitals 1980s – The American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing established a council and forum on Computer Applications in Nursing. 1990s – American Nurses Association published the first versions of the Scope of Nursing Informatics Practice and the Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice. 2006 – HIMSS TIGER initiative starts, focused on increasing the use of technology and informatics in practice, research, and education to improve patient care. 2008 – ANA releases revised scope and standards for practice in nursing informatics 2009 – HITECH Act passed to provide the Department of Health and Human Services the “authority to establish programs to improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency through the promotion of health IT, including electronic health records and private and secure electronic health information exchange.” 2010 – IOM – Future of Nursing report is released listing “effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure” as one of its four key messages – having a direct impact on the field of informatics. Ozbolt, J. & Saba, V. (2008). A brief history of nursing informatics in the United States of America. Nursing Outlook, 56, 199-205.e2. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2008.06.008 Copyright © 2016 by University of Phoenix.