Health Information Systems

Current and emerging technologies in healthcare provide nurses with the opportunity to improve patient outcomes through ever-increasing access to data and evidence. Information support systems affect decisions made at both the point of care and the organizational levels. Nurses who are prepared at the master’s level fill a key role in leading unit and organizational change that incorporates these emerging technologies to promote patient safety and enhance quality of care.

In this task, you will create a multimedia presentation (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote) that will summarize your findings from the scenario in task 1, in which you were asked to discuss how a health information system (HIS) meets current regulatory requirements. In addition, you will summarize how a common health information system affects the practice environment.

A.  Include each of the following in your multimedia presentation:

•  10–15 slides

•  headers

•  approximately 5–7 bullets per slide

•  presenter notes (talking points of the presentation; approximately 1–2 minutes per slide)

•  references (if applicable)
 

B.  Discuss how a health information system impacts patient-centered care.
 

C.  Discuss how a common health information system supports quality care.
 

D.  Evaluate the impact of a common health information system by doing the following:

1.  Describe how a health information system affects the nursing process.

2.  Describe how a health information system can support a culture of safety.

3.  Describe how human factors can lead to errors, near misses, and adverse events.

4.  Describe how clinical decision support (CDS) of the electronic health record (EHR) provides clinicians, staff, and patients with biomedical knowledge and person-specific information.

5.  Describe how compliance with HIPAA Security and Privacy rules in health information systems protect individuals’ health information.
 

E.  Consider the implications of two emerging or current industry technology by doing the following:

1.  Evaluate each technology’s usefulness in clinical practice, research, education, or administration.

2.  Discuss how each technology generates data that supports the use of nursing informatics to improve healthcare.