NURS FPX 6400 Assessment 2 Presentation to Staff: Nursing Informatics

Presentation to Staff: Nursing Informatics

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Capella University

NURS-FPX6400

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My name is _________, and today I will present this discussion on why nursing informatics is the key to achieving quality outcomes when applying the American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Practice.

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Our long-term care facility started using an EHR system in place of paper records, the cause of which this presentation is aimed at explaining. In the nursing field, technology is also used in informatics to assist in making better patient-related decisions and enhancing patient outcomes (Kleib et al., 2021).

Through an EHR system, the information will be more precise, the doctors will have an increased capability of coordinating the care, and the records of the patients will become simpler to access in real-time. Being a newly hired nurse informaticist in the long-term care facility, I will describe how EHRs and ANA Standards of Practice can help improve patient care, streamline the documentation process, enhance communication, and assist in data-driven decision-making.

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Best Evidence and Practices in Application of ICT

Healthcare applies the ICT tools and systems to aid in the collection, management, sharing, and processing of patient information. ICTs have facilitated nurses to interact and retrieve information as well as make decisions in their practice. The most effective evidence-based practices to implement ICTs in nursing have to do with the integration of EHRs, clinical decision support systems (CDSS), and telehealth platforms (Upadhyay & Hu, 2022).

The technologies facilitate care coordination, documented in a timely manner, minimize medication errors, and support the real-time exchange of patient information across interprofessional teams. According to a study by Shahmoradi et al. (2021), care planning, improved accuracy of documentation, and adherence to evidence-based protocols are major areas of improvement due to the implementation of EHRs and CDSS tools, which subsequently lead to better patient outcomes and decreased readmission rates.

Clinicians receive valuable messages and helpful recommendations through CDSS, thus being in a position to abide by best practices and reducing the risks of making mistakes with prescriptions. Barcode-based systems to identify patients and their medications have minimized the possibility of potential patients receiving the wrong medication (Upadhyay & Hu, 2022). Moreover, ANA promotes the implementation of informatics to approve patient-centered care in which nurses are expected to be able to utilize tools that can facilitate efficient, safe and ethical practice.

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Benefits and Challenges of ICT

ICT application in the healthcare industry is useful in enhancing various dimensions of care. Some of the primary advantages include improved patient care, efficient collaboration among the representatives of various health teams, and evidence-based decision-making. As an example, EHR will enable medical staff to have an opportunity to review patient information within a short duration in real-time without making mistakes.

When there is good communication between the health team members, they ensure that the plan of care of the patient remains on track, and there is no duplication in counseling (Tawfik et al., 2021). In addition, the use of data analytics in these systems assists organizations to identify trends in patient care to ensure the doctors respond to such trends.

Conversely, there are also some challenges associated with the introduction of ICT. Purchasing, modifying, and up keeping technologies may be an expensive aspect and this may strain the budget of a medical facility. Data security and privacy are also of importance, especially when the number of cyber threats and breaches of protected health information (PHI) continues to grow. It is necessary to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other regulatory systems to protect patient information (Edemekong et al., 2024).

Furthermore, the lack of knowledge regarding the utilization of online tools or the technological discomfort of the staff may pose a problem. Nonetheless, the academic literature points out that, when properly planned and funded, ICTs do not only improve efficiency and eliminate mistakes but also enable nurses to make informed decisions in clinical settings (Nagy et al., 2023). In the planning of implementing ICT systems in an organization, there is need to evaluate the positive as well as the negative.

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Theoretical Framework: Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is a popular theory that is used to explain the process of acceptance and use of new technologies by users. TAM is the idea that there are two antecedent factors that influence technology adoption: perceived usefulness (the extent to which an individual thinks that the utilization of the system will improve their performance at work) and perceived ease of use (the extent to which an individual believes that the utilization of the system will be effortless) (Zhang et al., 2023). Using TAM to EHR implementation triggers organizations to concentrate on the perception of nurses and healthcare providers to resist challenges that might arise.

As an illustration, the benefits of EHRs related to patient safety and ease of work and simplifying the interface and making it user-friendly can be explained during the training courses. The TAM provides the management of the change between paper to electronic records among the nurses in long-term care. A more likely scenario is that a nurse will adopt an EHR when he or she assumes that it will save time, enhance accuracy, and assist him/her in communicating, and it is also user-friendly and well supported (Zhang et al., 2023). TAM can assist organizations to solve problems, have positive feedback and higher likelihood of successful use of EHR.

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Real-World Application of TAM

Practically, TAM accentuates the role of the early adopters and opinion leaders in motivating the peers to adopt EHRs, and the necessity of ongoing communication and feedback during implementation. Kuo et al. (2019) used the TAM to evaluate the adoption of EHR technology among Taiwanese hospitals by the team of authors. The researchers noted that nurses, who believed that EHR system is efficient and easy to use, were more willing to use it (Bramo et al., 2022). As a result, there was an increased documentation and the satisfaction of the nurses with the system use.

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Standardized Data Collection in Nursing Practice

The standardized data set is crucial to the nursing practice development since it provides a universal language that facilitates the standardization of documentation, measurement, and analysis of patient care in the different settings. The standard data collection in the nursing care is founded on the application of the same terminologies, including the NANDA International diagnoses, SNOMED CT, and the Omaha System.

Medical data and outcomes are in any case recordable with these languages regardless of location. As information sharing is so regularly done, patient records transfer becomes simplified. It helps organizations to study information, process it and use scientific studies in making decisions. As Alshammari et al. (2023) emphasize, standardized data may be used to evaluate nursing-sensitive outcomes more accurately, which underlines the direct contribution of nursing to patient safety and quality of care.

It also supports the health programs of the population as it provides an opportunity to thoroughly examine the impact of nurses on health outcomes (Su, 2021). In addition, standardized data can enhance the healthcare industry by enabling quality efforts and enabling organizations to benchmark their performance. In the case that there is the sameness of data, which can be compared, healthcare leaders will be able to analyze the results, perceive where care is insufficient, and take actions to go about these matters. As an example, applying standardized data in nursing can be used to measure the effectiveness of fall prevention programs and pressure injury treatment.

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Addressing Gaps in Practice Quality with Informatics

Standards of practice nursing informatics standards of practice are critical to detecting and resolving gaps in the quality of care through the use of data-oriented tools including EHR systems and CDSS tools. Such systems combine patient information with evidence-based rules to deliver real-time notifications, alerts, and suggestions that can assist clinicians to make knowledgeable choices and minimize mistakes.

To illustrate, CDSS is able to alert potential drug interactions or initiate assessments towards pressure injury prevention in time, which is a direct response to lapses in care delivery. Zhao et al. (2023) report that the introduction of CDSS in a hospital environment has been demonstrated to enhance hospital performance in terms of adherence to best practices and a decrease in adverse events due to the delivery of highly personalized actionable insights on the point of care.

Continuous quality monitoring with the help of informatics tools is also possible via the data analytics dashboard, so healthcare teams could monitor the outcomes and adjust the interventions beforehand, thereby bridging the gap in the practice and improving patient safety and the quality of care. Alerts and live data dashboards delivered through EHR help clinicians to prevent problems and act in a timely manner.

In case a patient is found likely to fall or when important lab data have been identified, clinical alerts will direct nurses and avoid harm to patients. Data dashboards help nursing leadership keep track of various indicators such as readmission rates, mishandled medications, and infections (Su, 2021). Through predictive analytics, physicians are capable of foreseeing issues in patients based on data collected in the past and current.

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Reducing Digital Inequities

The digital inequities need to be minimized to ensure that everybody at the hospital can make the full use of electronic health systems. The general problems in schools are age, lack of experience with technology, inability to speak English, and issues with devices or the internet. Some people will have difficulties using complicated interfaces or may not have stable access to the internet, something that might make it challenging to engage in digital health programs and contribute to inequality in health (Kefi & Asan, 2021).

As an example, health companies have put in place programs that are aimed at making their employees more conversant with technology, have introduced multilingual features in their systems, as well as offering support such as mentoring or help desks. The situational evidence collected by Sieck et al. (2021) revealed that the provision of training and programs to enable communities to reach healthcare technology significantly increased the participation of patients and providers in the health IT sphere. Also, the infrastructure like community Wi-Fi spots and loaner devices can be invested in to enhance the accessibility of underserved populations.

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Best Practices for Communication with ICT

The best practices of applying advanced information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate the process of patient and team communication focus on user-friendly platforms, interoperability, and real-time information exchange. It is essential to share information through the assistance of ICT in order to enhance care coordination and patient outcomes.

Combined use of secure messaging, patient online accounts, and platforms among various medical professionals offer an efficient, clear, and standard communication among the staff members. There is the need to settle standards in communication and synchronize all changes in the care plan to be updated and shared in real time to maintain contact with all staff members about patients and what should be done (Qaddumi et al., 2021). Consequently, the team works together as delays are minimized, uncertainty is eliminated and accountability is developed.

In addition, through patient portals, individuals can get access to their health records, communicate with their physicians, and make efforts in order to enhance their treatment. The use of ICT tools in hospitals encouraged positive collaboration between employees and was valued by patients (Qaddumi et al., 2021). The effective application of technologies, including secure messaging systems, telehealth, and joint EHR, will facilitate the communication between the care team members and improve the interest of patients through the access to health-related information in a timely manner and the direct questions or concerns channels. These technologies enhance care coordination since they allow the teams to be efficient in collaboration, decrease the number of errors due to more accurate information, and tailor the care plans in accordance with the latest data.

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Data, Information, and Plan Transmission Strategy

Implementing an EHR system must have a definite strategy that will guarantee the accurate passage of all data, information, and care plans with the highest level of security. Under this strategy, the staff of the company is assigned to a sequential training to enable them to deliver information that is of the required standards and not full of errors. To ensure a consistency and prevent recurrence of the actions, similar processes should be applied to all the departments, such as nursing, pharmacy, and administration.

The team members will be provided with set practices of documentation to improve their skills. The participants of this process are nurses, doctors, nurse administrators, IT experts, administrators, and compliance officers (Dong et al., 2021). The EHR will have encryption, need the right user authentication, role-based access capability and audit records of data. Data integrity can be maintained by conducting frequent audits and error detection tools that are real-time and integrated in the EHR. They assist the system to remain in compliance with HIPAA regulations, and to stop any intrusion by unauthorized persons to get information.

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Conclusion

Generally, nursing informatics enhances patient care through connection of technologies to clinical work. EHR system will enhance quality of care, enable proper communication and provide physicians with enhanced information to make sound decisions. The school needs to have the staff members interact, get due training and work together with the rest of the functions. Through the application of theoretical frameworks, such as the TAM, the problem of digital access disparities, substandard standards of data accuracy, security, and evidence-based practice can be resolved, and the tangible advantages of informatics can be achieved by healthcare institutions.

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