Nursing Informatics Paper
Running head: NURSING INFORMATICS
Nursing Informatics
Jeannette Magbutay, RN
Western Governors University
Author’s Note: This paper was prepared for Nursing Informatics taught by Professor Mary Sizemore
NURSING INFORMATICS
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Nursing Informatics
Before a healthcare provider sees a patient, they need to know the patient’s medical background. The providers need to see the patient’s laboratory results, medications, previous illnesses, and any prior surgical procedures. Researching this information takes time, thus spending time with the patient is limited. A computerized management system will help eliminate the prolonged time wasted in searching for patient data. Increasing Quality of Care. The computerized management systems …show more content…
During unexpected event, data software and hardware systems are usually destroyed. A data base back-up is a secondary copy of a data base that are stored in a place designated by the facility so the data can be recovered in case of uneventful disaster. According to Kibbe (2005), “ The HIPAA regulation explicitly states that any healthcare facility that electronically maintains or transmits health information for individuals must establish procedures for back-up and recovery.” ( pp. 43). Healthcare Cost. It is currently believed that electronic medical record system will improve health, decrease medical errors and have large savings on healthcare. There will be less waste of paper because paper charting will be a thing of the past. According to President Obama, computer management systems help decrease repeating expensive tests and reduce medical errors. (Haig, 2009) It will cost millions of dollars to install a computerized system in a facility but with the reduction of medical errors, reduction of repeated expensive test, and accurate data collection of patient’s information which will monitor a patient’s health and eventually prevent any diseases from getting worst thus lesser hospitalization, would reduce the healthcare cost. Benefits. With the new computerized system, patients will be glad that healthcare providers are now placing more importance on patient’s time, have immediate access to their information, thus cutting the waiting time. As nurses, the use of the new system increases the time spent with the patient at bedside because patient’s information is readily obtained. The nurses can give more attention to the patient’s health problems and be able to help them with their concerns safely. With the use of a computerized system, nurses will be able to organize their day faster
Nursing Informatics
Jeannette Magbutay, RN
Western Governors University
Author’s Note: This paper was prepared for Nursing Informatics taught by Professor Mary Sizemore
NURSING INFORMATICS
2
Nursing Informatics
Before a healthcare provider sees a patient, they need to know the patient’s medical background. The providers need to see the patient’s laboratory results, medications, previous illnesses, and any prior surgical procedures. Researching this information takes time, thus spending time with the patient is limited. A computerized management system will help eliminate the prolonged time wasted in searching for patient data. Increasing Quality of Care. The computerized management systems …show more content…
During unexpected event, data software and hardware systems are usually destroyed. A data base back-up is a secondary copy of a data base that are stored in a place designated by the facility so the data can be recovered in case of uneventful disaster. According to Kibbe (2005), “ The HIPAA regulation explicitly states that any healthcare facility that electronically maintains or transmits health information for individuals must establish procedures for back-up and recovery.” ( pp. 43). Healthcare Cost. It is currently believed that electronic medical record system will improve health, decrease medical errors and have large savings on healthcare. There will be less waste of paper because paper charting will be a thing of the past. According to President Obama, computer management systems help decrease repeating expensive tests and reduce medical errors. (Haig, 2009) It will cost millions of dollars to install a computerized system in a facility but with the reduction of medical errors, reduction of repeated expensive test, and accurate data collection of patient’s information which will monitor a patient’s health and eventually prevent any diseases from getting worst thus lesser hospitalization, would reduce the healthcare cost. Benefits. With the new computerized system, patients will be glad that healthcare providers are now placing more importance on patient’s time, have immediate access to their information, thus cutting the waiting time. As nurses, the use of the new system increases the time spent with the patient at bedside because patient’s information is readily obtained. The nurses can give more attention to the patient’s health problems and be able to help them with their concerns safely. With the use of a computerized system, nurses will be able to organize their day faster