Nursing Informatics in Health Care

Instructions: Nursing Informatics in Health Care

Write 5 Pages evidence-based proposal to support the need for a nurse informatics in an organization who would focus on improving health care outcomes.

Scenario

For this assessment, assume you are a nurse attending a meeting of your state’s nurses’ association. A nurse informaticist conducted a presentation on her role and its impact on positive patient and organizational outcomes in her workplace. You realize that your organization is undergoing many technological changes. You believe this type of role could provide many benefits to your organization.

You decide to pursue proposing a nurse informaticist role in your organization. You speak to your chief nursing officer (CNO) and human resources (HR) manager. These individuals ask you to prepare a 5 pages evidence-based proposal to support the new role. In this way, they can make an informed decision as to whether the addition of such a role could justify the return on investment (ROI)

Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.
Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.

References current data, evidence, or standards to support and refine definition.

Explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care. Makes explicit reference to scholarly OR PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES to support the justification.
Justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization and references relevant and timely SCHOLARY OR PROFESSIONALS REFERENCES to support the justification
Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.

· Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients’ protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality). Makes explicit reference to scholarly OR PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES to support the justification.

Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Proposal Format

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Human Resources (HR) manager have asked you to include the following headings in your proposal and to be sure to address the bullets underneath each heading:

Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist
What is nursing informatics?
What is the role of the nurse informaticist?
Nurse Informaticists and Other Health Care Organizations
What is the experience of other health care organizations with nurse informaticists?
How do these nurse informaticists interact with the rest of the nursing staff and the interdisciplinary team?
Impact of Full Nurse Engagement in Health Care Technology
How does fully engaging nurses in health care technology impact:
Patient care?
Protected health information (security, privacy, and confidentiality)?
Workflow?
Costs and return on investment?
Opportunities and Challenges
What are the opportunities and challenges for nurses and the interdisciplinary team with the addition of a nurse informaticist role?
How can the interdisciplinary team collaborate to improve quality care outcomes through technology?
Summary of Recommendations
What are 3–4 key takeaways from your proposal about the recommended nurse informaticist role that you want the CNO and the HR manager to remember?
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Submission length: 5 double-spaced pages, in addition to a title page and references page.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Citations and References: Cite a minimum of 3 current scholarly and/or authoritative sources to support your ideas. In addition, cite a minimum of 1 current professional blog or website to support your central ideas. Current means no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Be sure to follow APA formatting and style guidelines for citations and references. For an APA refresher, consult the Evidence and APA

Resources: History of Information Technology in Nursing

Chauvette, A. (2016). History of nursing informatics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 11(4).

This paper examines the evolution of nursing informatics in Canada and its significant influence on nursing practice.

Grandia, L. (2017). Healthcare information systems: A look at the past, present, and future [PDF]. http://www.healthcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/A-Look-at-the-Past-Present-and-Future-Healthcare-Information-Systems.pdf

This article provides a rationale for prioritizing data warehousing and analytics over other improvements in health care information technology.

OpenText. (2017). The history of health information management – from then to now [Blog post]. https://blogs.opentext.com/history-heath-information-management-now/

This article explores the history of health information management from the 15th century through the early 21st century.

Resources: How Information Technology Is Changing Health Care

Heath, S. (2018). Patient health data access top-of-mind in ONC draft framework. https://patientengagementhit.com/news/patient-health-data-access-top-of-mind-in-onc-draft-framework

This article explains the need for patients to have seamless access their own health data to improve patient engagement as prioritized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

Hessels, A., Flynn, L., Cimiotti, J. P., & Bakken, S. (2015). Impact of heath information technology on the quality of patient care. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 19(3). https://www.himss.org/impact-heath-information-technology-quality-patient-care

HIMSS examines how the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) affects adverse outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (2011). Position statement on transforming nursing practice through technology and informatics [PDF]. https://www.himss.org/sites/hde/files/d7/HIMSSorg/handouts/HIMSSNIPositionStatementMonographReport.pdf

This position statement identifies specific recommendations for eliminating barriers and addressing nursing’s role in transforming health care through the use of IT, particularly in regard to the role of nursing informatics.

Manojlovich, M., Adler-Milstein, J., Harrod, M., Sales, A., Hofer, T. P., Saint, S., & Krein, S. L. (2015). The effect of health information technology on health care provider communication: A mixed-method protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 4(2). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4526935/

Manojlovich and co-authors examine health information technology on patient/provider health care communications.

Neumeier, M. (2016). Can nursing informatics improve person-centered care? Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 11(4).

This discussion reviews how care recipients and care providers need better access to more appropriate information in a more timely fashion in order to improve care.

Rauv, S. (2017, June 14). The impact of technology in healthcare [Blog post]. https://www.elcomcms.com/resources/blog/the-impact-of-technology-in-healthcare-trends-benefits-examples

Rauv examines the top five health care technology trends and innovations.​

University of Illinois at Chicago. (n.d.). Three ways technology has changed healthcare. https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/resources/articles/3-ways-technology-has-changed-healthcare/

This Web article explains how information technology is considered the driving force behind improvements in health care.

Resources: Health Care and Nursing Informatics Professional Resources

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (n.d.). https://www.himss.org/

American Nurses Informatics Association. (n.d.). https://www.ania.org/

Alliance for Nursing Informatics. (n.d.). https://www.allianceni.org/