{"id":13209,"date":"2023-04-10T17:37:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/informatics-tools-to-promote-patient-safety-improve-work-processes-and-patient-outcomes\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:37:49","slug":"informatics-tools-to-promote-patient-safety-improve-work-processes-and-patient-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/informatics-tools-to-promote-patient-safety-improve-work-processes-and-patient-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"INFORMATICS TOOLS TO PROMOTE PATIENT SAFETY, IMPROVE WORK PROCESSES, AND PATIENT OUTCOMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Health care professionals have an ethical duty to ensure patient safety. Safe technologies are increasingly being implemented&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>throughout health care organizations to improve patient safety, streamline work processes, and improve the quality and&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>outcomes of health care delivery.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You will discuss one (1) technology safety initiative that has been or can be implemented in a health care&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">setting to improve&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">patient safety and work processes, and improve patient outcomes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You may use one of the following examples or chose your own.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some examples are:\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-Smart pumps\n<\/div>\n<div>-Bar code medication administration&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>-Clinical decision support systems\n<\/div>\n<div>-RFID technology\n<\/div>\n<div>-Smart rooms\n<\/div>\n<div>-Wearable technology\n<\/div>\n<div>-Robotics\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>**PICK WHICHEVER IS EASIEST TO FIND INFO ON**<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">1.  Describe the technology and its users.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>2.  What data is gathered using the technology?\n<\/div>\n<div>3.  What are the benefits to patient safety, workflow processes and patient outcomes?\n<\/div>\n<div>4.  What are the cons of this technology?\n<\/div>\n<div>5.  Do the benefits outweigh the cons?  Provide rationale\n<\/div>\n<div>6. Describe the role of the nurse leader in selecting, implementing and sustaining technology.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Provide 2 examples of effectiveness of the technology of patient safety, workflow processes, and patient outcomes.\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>References<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>I HAVE UPLOADED 2 COURSE MATERIALS REFERENCES, NEED 2 PEER REVIEWED<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Textbooks:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Sullivan (2017) Chapters 6<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div>Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>-Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia,&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">insurance recommendations, &amp; secondary clinical databases.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health care professionals have an ethical duty to ensure patient safety. 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