Impact Of Technology In Nursing

Telehealth is an innovative approach to health care that is rapidly expanding in all areas of patient care. It has been shown to be cost effective and is rapidly being integrated into everyday practices from clinics, hospitals, court systems, school systems and even the local drug store.

Telehealth is remote exchange of data between a patient and doctor that facilitate in better diagnosis of patients and monitoring typically used to support patients with long term conditions.

While advancements in technology have positively impacted the nursing field, it has also created huge concerns with patient privacy and sharing of protected health information leading to detrimental effects to patients and their families. Indeed, technology is changing the face of healthcare with positive innovations to reduce medication errors and documentation errors. However, technology at our fingertips has created immense concerns with sharing of protected health information of patients via social media, email and other means of communication via technology. This paper addresses why I feel the advancement of technology has numerous deficits that need more research and implementation of new laws and policies to safeguard the

After decades of paper based medical records, a new type of record keeping has surfaced - the Electronic Health Record (EHR). EHR is an electronic or digital format concept of an individual’s past and present medical history. It is the principle storage place for data and information about the health care services provided to an individual patient. It is maintained by a provider over time and capable of being shared across different healthcare settings by network-connected information systems. Such records may include key administrative and clinical data relevant to that persons care under a particular provider. Examples of such records may include: demographics, physician notes, problems or injuries, medications and allergies, vital

I have no personal experience with telehealth, but I have witness a few promotional videos over the recent years. As technology continues to grow within the healthcare system, it will allow us to provide better care whether we are face-to-face or miles apart. Telehealth is can be beneficial to not only the healthcare workers but always the patient. Telehealth allows the healthcare system to ensure continuity of care and also evaluate patient compliance to the plan of care. Since technology is so prominent in todays society, telehealth allows the patients to have quick and easy way to contact their provider via email, blog, or videochat.

There are many legal and regulatory issues that nurses must consider before going into telenursing. Telehealth system requires tough legal regulation to prevent unauthorized and illegal service providers in this sector. There is a low quality of health informatics records, such as X-rays, and there is an increased risk or error in clinical services if the service is delivered by an inexperienced professional. Furthermore, confidential medical information can be leaked if the electronic system is faulty. Nurses who choose to practice in this field must meet the challenge of developing standards for safe and effective practice. The nurse’s role in telehealth has increased in breadth and scope causing the need for practice standards, The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) published its first Telehealth Nursing Practice Administration and Practice Standards in 1997 to articulate expectations for nurses who are interested in telenursing practice (American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing [AAACN], 2015). There are also revised versions that are published on a regular basis. These standards provide nurses with current professional practices, norms, and expectations. Reading and understanding these standards allow nurses entering telenursing to reflect on their role as nurses in this emerging area of

An Electronic Health Record is a computerized form of a patient’s medical chart. These records allow information to be readily available to authorized providers during a patient’s encounter with the healthcare system. These systems do not only contain medical histories, current medications and insurance information, they also track patients’ diagnoses, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images and lab tests/results (source). The fundamental aspect of EHRs is that they are able to share a patient’s information quickly across service lines and even between different healthcare organizations. Information is at the fingertips of lab techs, primary care physicians, pharmacies, clinics, etc. The

In the modern world technology is everywhere and it affects everyone’s daily life. People are constantly attached to cell phones, laptops, and other electronics, which all have affected how people live their lives. Technology is also a large part of the healthcare system today. There are many electronics and technologies that are used in health care, such as electronic health record, medication bar code scanning, electronic documentation, telenursing, and there are many more forms of technology that impact nursing. One technology that stands out is the electronic health record. The electronic health record, also referred to as EHR, is an electronic version of a patient’s chart, and it contains is a list of the patient’s current medications, allergies, laboratory results, diagnoses, immunization dates, images, treatments, and medical history (“Learn EHR Basics,” 2014). The purpose of the electronic health record is to have a patient’s health care record available to health care providers nationwide, but the patient can decide who has access to their record (Edwards, Chiweda, Oyinka, McKay, & Wiles, 2011). The electronic health record is a very important technology in health care and it impacts nurses, nursing care, and has a significant impact on patient outcomes.

The objective of this research is to explore concerns such as justice, safety, efficacy, and enhancement within health care when the use of technology is an added feature to prolong life and wellness (Dodds, 2015). It also addresses the need of technological training for the leaders in the nursing, which will deem the competency of the workforce as new technology is integrated (Huston, 2013). Identifying the issues of 3D printing will show what impact it will have on the role of nursing as

The delivery of health care has always been influenced by technological developments and innovations. This is particularly true in modern health care professionals where they are obsessed with technology and rush to apply them. One of the most recent applications of ICT – Information and computer technology- is telehealth. Telehealth is the use of communication, diagnostic and information technology to provide health care when patients and providers are geographically separated [2], Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store -and-forward imaging, streaming media, terrestrial and wireless communications. Telehealth could be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone or as

This paper will identify the use of Electronic Health Records and how nursing plays an important role. Emerging in the early 2000’s, utilizing Electronic Health Records have quickly become a part of normal practice. An EHR could help prevent dangerous medical mistakes, decrease in medical costs, and an overall improvement in medical care. Patients are often taking multiple medications, forget to mention important procedures/diagnoses to providers, and at times fail to follow up with providers. Maintaining an EHR could help tack data, identify patients who are due for preventative screenings and visits, monitor VS, & improve overall quality of care in a practice. Nurse informaticists play an important role in the

I started working in the medical field about 7 years ago the technology has changed dramatically. Many people assume there’s risk of nursing technology provides. They believe there are sometimes medical errors and not having proper direct patient care training. Although I agree nursing technology usage is helpful for nurse’s careers by making direct patient care number one priority. Therefore, I believe nursing technology helps improving direct patient care and reducing medical errors. The technology helps spend more time with patients rather than being focused on other things that can lead to medical errors.

I find the readings this week interesting because they challenges nurses (us) to think about the future roles of the professional nurse. Due to the advancement of technology and the recent surge of information technology systems in place in healthcare settings, the knowledge of the manipulation of the computer or systems used in healthcare settings is necessary. That being said, in the future, the professional nurse will have the skills, such as “knowledge of several software programs, the ability to use spreadsheets, skill with search engines, and the ability to adapt to ever-changing computer systems” (Blais & Hayes, 2011, p. 466), when hired. Hence, according to Blais and Hayes (2011), telehealth “will expand in the future … and it can be applied to home nursing, health monitoring, consultation, and many other aspects of health care” (p. 467). I believe that in the future, telehealth will help to deliver healthcare services to areas of great distances. This might sound it lacks the human aspect of nursing, but for those patients in remote areas, an immediate feedback or consultation with their healthcare provider may

Electronic medical records had a great impact in the ushering in of the age of Nursing Informatics. (Himss, 2010)EMRS present healthcare professionals with the ability to retrieve and organize data in a quick and efficient approach. With information so readily available, patient safety increases and we know that patient cost goes down. This happens because patient medications, allergies, history, demographic, and treatment information is more collectively available.

In today’s medical field technology plays a big role when it comes to patient care. Technology is huge when it comes to giving the patient the best type of quality care when they are in the hospital. In the old days people would just write it down on a sheet of paper and record it by hand, which caused mistakes. Now with the Electronic Health Record those mistakes are drastically declining. Statistics have shown that using the Electronic Health Record has lowered Nursing mistakes as well as improved patient care. Our society has progressed through the years and has been introduced with the Electronic Health Record which has drastically improved our health care system. The Electronic Health Record provides great communication between