01 Oct Role of Informatics in Patient Care Outcomes
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Week 1 Discussion
Role of Informatics in Patient Care Outcomes
Review Informatics Strategies & Tools to Link Nursing Care with Patient Outcomes in the Learning Health Care System from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) about linking informatics strategies to patient outcomes.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How does standardized data entry relate to improving patient safety and improved care outcomes?
Provide examples from your own clinical practice.
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Week 2 Discussion
Health Care Information Systems
As outlined in the case study at the end of Ch. 8 in the Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals, take an inventory of the information systems in your organization or at an organization in which you were previously employed.
Use your own observations and conversations with staff and leaders.
Compare your list with the systems described in Ch. 8.
Answer?the following questions in a minimum of 175 words:
How would you rate the information technology status of your organization?
How would you improve your information systems?
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Week 3 Discussion
Clinical Decision Support Experience
Watch “Cloud-Based Decision Support” from the Clinical Decision Support Consortium (CDSC) project?to see how a clinical decision support tool built and housed in Boston benefited a small rural community far from the city. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded the project, which illustrates how clinical decision support is scalable from one population to another.
Read “Clinical Decision Support Systems: State of the Art” from AHRQ.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What is the Clinical Decision Support Consortium (CDSC) and what is its purpose?
How does clinical decision support improve patient care? Provide an example from your own practice.
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Week 4 Discussion
Consumer Health Informatics (CHI)
Examine ways that consumer health informatics (CHI) is changing how health advice and care are sought and delivered.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Discuss issues associated with consumer health informatics that can negatively impact access to care or ability to self-manage care. Provide examples that you have encountered during your practice.
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Week 5 Discussion
Nursing Informatics Roles
In numerous case studies, evidence demonstrates that nursing informatics has a positive impact on the quality of care.
Explore the American Medical Informatics Association website to review different types of nursing informatics roles.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Describe at least 3 future trends in nursing informatics.
Which role in nursing informatics do you find most interesting? Explain what you find interesting about it.
