The advances in technology and the availability of a plethora of computing devices has revolutionized healthcare in meaningful ways. One development out of the advances in technology and its use in the healthcare sector is health Informatics. Health Informatics is facilitating communication between patient and healthcare providers, helping the providers to improve medical safety, tracking, and reporting, and is promoting quality of care by optimizing access and adherence to care guidelines. Moreover, Health Informatics also provides tools for collecting patient data for quality healthcare delivery and enhancing patient outcomes, and for improving on disease and infection surveillance in public health. However, lack of interoperability across different platforms and devices as well as limited information on how to effectively use this technology is presenting serious challenges to fully realizing the above benefits. The current research will dwell on finding solutions to the aforementioned challenges in order to apply health informatics to improve patient care, safety, and outcome.
A Short Bibliography
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolohists. (2015). Patient Safety and Health Information Technology.
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This article reflects on the emerging concepts on patient safety with regard to the use of information technology. It discusses ways in which health IT has changed healthcare providers and the challenges it faces currently.
Bowles, K. H., Dykes, P., & Demiris, G. (2015). The Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Care and Outcomes for Older Adults.
This article presents a discussion of opportunities to improve patient care, safety and outcomes in adult care or geriatrics and does highlight some of the future opportunities in this area.
Higgins, T. C., Crosson, J., Peikes, D., McNellis, R., Genevro, J., & Meyers, D. (2015). Using Health Information Technology to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care.
A white prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, the authors discuss some of the ways to improve primary care using health IT. It is a contribution on the focus on the primary care system in the United States and offers important insights for healthcare providers such as nurses on how to effectively apply health IT in primary care delivery.
Balestra, M. L. (2017). Electronic Health Records: Patient Care and Ethical and LegalImplications for NursePractitioners .
This is a more recent article that highlights some of the best practices and risk management strategies for nurses using electronic health records. It takes to the issue of ethical and legal challenges with EHR and how nurses can mitigate such challenges.
References
Balestra, M. L. (2017). Electronic Health Records: Patient Care and Ethical and Legal Implications for Nurse Practitioners. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13 (2), 105-111.
Bowles, K. H., Dykes, P., & Demiris, G. (2015). The Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Care and Outcomes for Older Adults. Research in gerontological nursing, 8 (1), 5-10. Retrieved 27 May 2018, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431690/
Higgins, T. C., Crosson, J., Peikes, D., McNellis, R., Genevro, J., & Meyers, D. (2015). Using Health Information Technology to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care. AHRQ Publication No. 15-0031-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolohists. (2015). Patient Safety and Health Information Technology. Committee Opinion Number 671. Retrieved 27 May 2018, from https://m.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Patient-Safety-and-Quality-Improvement/Patient-Safety-and-Health-Information-Technology?IsMobileSet=true
