Reflection on Learning

Week 1: End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello! You're off to a great start in NR706! Let's reflect on what you learned this week. You began the week by exploring how nursing informatics is creating a strong foundation for the translation of evidence into practice. As technology advances, the DNP scholar and other healthcare providers are able to gather, analyze, and leverage data more effectively, influencing how care is delivered, resources are managed, and teams operate. In today's healthcare system, information technology is the foundation of the future. It’s changing the face of healthcare! You explored how informatics emerged as a specialty and now holds the key to achieving healthcare reform. Let's move on to Week 2 and begin our investigation into how information technology is transforming data captured at the point of care. There's so much to learn!

· Chapter 1: Introduction to Health Information Technology in a Policy and Regulatory Environment (p. 3-18)

· Chapter 2: Advanced Practice Roles in Interprofessional Teams (p. 19-38)

· Chapter 24: Developing Competencies in Nursing for an Electronic Age of Healthcare (p. 587-608)

Let's reflect on what you learned this week (1). You began the week by exploring how nursing informatics is creating a strong foundation for the translation of evidence into practice. As technology advances, the DNP scholar and other healthcare providers are able to gather, analyze, and leverage data more effectively, influencing how care is delivered, resources are managed, and teams operate. In today's healthcare system, information technology is the foundation of the future. It’s changing the face of healthcare! You explored how informatics emerged as a specialty and now holds the key to achieving healthcare reform. Let's move on to Week 2 and begin our investigation into how information technology is transforming data captured at the point of care. There's so much to learn!

reading the AACN Information Systems/Technology Essentials for the DNP graduate

Welcome to Week 2!

Hello! I hope you enjoyed learning about nursing informatics and information systems in week 1.  This week, you’ll take that knowledge a step further by examining how health information technology or HIT is revolutionizing the way nurses interact with health-related data. You’ll investigate how electronic health information plays an important role in enhancing the quality of care. You’ll explore the rising adoption of electronic health records or EHRs, and how computerized provider order entry reduces error and mitigates the unintended harm from prescribing errors that have led to significant morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and around the world. Armed with knowledge and skills in electronic health information systems, the practice scholar is poised to play an important role in reforming the healthcare industry and enhancing the quality of care. There’s much important work to be done to improve healthcare outcomes. Let’s get started!

objectives

1. Discuss the evolution of the electronic health record (EHR) across health systems.

2. Describe the process for implementing electronic health records across health systems.

3. Appraise the role of electronic health records in reforming healthcare.

4. Examine the role of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) to improve healthcare safety and quality.

5. Assess the role of information technology to improve clinical decision making.

6. Examine the impact of healthcare information systems, knowledge-based systems, and patient care technology on healthcare outcomes.

7. Differentiate healthcare information systems, knowledge-based systems, and patient care technology.

Week 3: DNP Coach Check-In

Welcome to Week 3!

Hello, and welcome to Week 3! Last week, you explored how health information technology and the role of nurses are essential to achieving the national strategy of better, safer, less costly care. This week, we'll take that knowledge a step further—you'll have the opportunity to investigate how consumer informatics and mobile health technologies are revolutionizing how and where care is provided. Across the nation, telehealth technology is closing care gaps in areas where healthcare consumers have faced considerable challenges in accessing care. Another goal for this week is to explore how social media is influencing healthcare delivery.  In the last few years, the use of social media in the healthcare industry has skyrocketed. From Facebook posts to tweets, healthcare providers are turning to social platforms to educate patients, increase engagement, and share important health messaging. How will you use social media as a DNP scholar to engage patients and other providers to improve healthcare outcomes? I'm sure you're ready to find answers to these questions, so let's get started!

Weekly Objectives

1. Investigate the role of health information technology in expanding access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations.   2. Examine the impact of healthcare information systems, knowledge-based systems, and patient care technology on healthcare outcomes. 3. Differentiate healthcare information systems, knowledge-based systems, and patient care technology. 4. Investigate the role of consumer health informatics in supporting patients to be active participants in managing their own health and healthcare. 5. Examine clinical uses of consumer and telehealth. 6. Explore the use of mobile Health (mHealth) technologies in healthcare.   7. Explore the effect of social media on healthcare.

· Chapter 15: Personal Health Records and Patient Portals. (p. 355 -375)

· Chapter 16: Telehealth and Mobile Health (p. 377-394)

· Chapter 28: Social Media: Ongoing Evolution in Healthcare Delivery (p. 683-702)

Week 3: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

This week’s featured topic was on healthcare beyond the acute care environment. As you reflected upon the ways in which healthcare professionals use telehealth to address patient care access, you gained insight about how technology is truly shaping the healthcare delivery system. The debate continues about the extent to which social media is a driving or restraining force in producing high quality, cost-effective care. The importance of using health technology to tackle health reform is essential. Once again, the practice scholar can serve as the leader in using technology to influence patient care outcomes. Are you ready to make a real difference for patients by leading care decisions informed by technology? Let's move on to Week 4 to help make that happen!

Week 4: DNP Coach Check-In

Welcome to Week 4!

Week 4 marks the midpoint of your journey in NR706! This week, you'll explore how information technology serves as the foundation and facilitator of evidence translation. Did you know that information technology is key to all aspects of evidence-based practice? From the search for digital evidence to knowledge dissemination, clinical practice guideline creation and clinical decision support, information technology is fundamental to evidence-based practice. What's more, it's vital for future developments in generating new knowledge. This week, you'll discover that information technology is more than just technology when it comes to evidence-based practice. It also influences the culture and collaboration of stakeholders, as well as the policies that underpin healthcare. The practice scholar must understand this and acquire the skills to manage information technology to lead evidence translation. This week is an important step in your journey toward becoming an effective leader capable of building value-based systems of healthcare through translation of evidence. I know you're ready to make that step, so let's get started!

Weekly Objectives

1. Use a translation model to drive change across healthcare systems.

2. Implement a quality improvement process to advance program outcomes.

3. Examine workflow within a quality improvement strategy to improve the practice setting using health information technology.

Week 4: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello! Week 4 brought to the forefront how information technology is a critical component of evidence translation. Let's reflect on what you learned this week. This step of your journey focused on the role of information technology in advancing evidence-based practice. The ultimate question in healthcare is: What is the most effective care that will lead to the best outcomes? To answer this question, the DNP scholar must locate, appraise, apply, and evaluate quality evidence to address a specific problem. For this goal to be realized, new areas of discovery must be made that underpin the application, use, and results of mining health information technology. This knowledge is foundational for the success of DNP scholar. By using this knowledge, you'll advance the translation of evidence to support the health needs of the individual and beyond! With that understanding, you're ready to move on to Week 5 and explore specific patient safety and quality of care interventions through the use of health information technology. Let's go!

Week 4: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello! Week 4 brought to the forefront how information technology is a critical component of evidence translation. Let's reflect on what you learned this week. This step of your journey focused on the role of information technology in advancing evidence-based practice. The ultimate question in healthcare is: What is the most effective care that will lead to the best outcomes? To answer this question, the DNP scholar must locate, appraise, apply, and evaluate quality evidence to address a specific problem. For this goal to be realized, new areas of discovery must be made that underpin the application, use, and results of mining health information technology. This knowledge is foundational for the success of DNP scholar. By using this knowledge, you'll advance the translation of evidence to support the health needs of the individual and beyond! With that understanding, you're ready to move on to Week 5 and explore specific patient safety and quality of care interventions through the use of health information technology. Let's go!

Objectives

1. Investigate key regulatory components related to technology use across health care systems.

2. Examine the role of value-based purchasing on improving healthcare outcomes. 

3. Appraise the role of healthcare information systems, knowledge-based systems, and patient care technology in value-based healthcare.

Chapter 20: Health Information Technology and Implications for Patient Safety (p. 487-513)

Chapter 21: Quality-Improvement Strategies and Essential Tools (p. 519-532)

Chapter 28 Electronic Clinical Quality Measures: Building an Infrastructure for Success (p. 557-586)

Week 5: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello! Week 5 certainly offered important information! Let's take time to go over what you learned this week. This part of your journey focused on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act or MACRA legislation related to the Quality Payment Program. You explored MACRA’s two payment incentives: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System or MIPS and the Alternative Payment Model or APM program. Many of these changes took effect in 2018, requiring healthcare providers to implement these initiatives to avoid penalties and optimize payment incentives. Complying with the new reporting requirements requires the use of technology, data, and analytics. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to maximize performance-based payment adjustments through high-value care. With that understanding, you're ready to move on to Week 6 and explore health information privacy and data integrity in healthcare.

Week 6: DNP Coach Check-In

Welcome to Week 6!

Hello there! Welcome to Week 6! This week on your journey, you’ll explore the importance of health information privacy and data integrity in healthcare. The privacy and security of patient health information is a key priority for patients, their families, health care organizations and professionals, and the government. All patient information is confidential and federally protected. Federal laws require policies and security safeguards to protect patient health information — whether it’s stored digitally or on paper. From a laptop on a mobile cart to a tablet in an exam room, patient health information is more accessible now more than ever. In the current healthcare environment, DNP scholars play a crucial role in protecting patients and their health information. Many healthcare professionals find themselves unprepared to face the new challenges associated with privacy protection. That’s why you’ll have the opportunity to explore privacy-related concerns and access requirements. How will you protect the privacy of health information for patients and health systems ? Let’s find out!

Objectives

1. Investigate key regulatory components related to technology use across health care systems.

2. Use a translation model to drive change across healthcare systems.

3. Implement a quality improvement process to advance program outcomes.

4. Explore the effect of social media on healthcare.

5. Review the principles of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

6. Evaluate the risks of healthcare technology as it relates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

7. Consider the impact of health information privacy and security on the patient experience.    

8. Examine cybersecurity threats and the need to enhance security in the health informatics environment.

Chapter14: Privacy and Security in a Ubiquitous Health Information Technology World (p. 333-353)

Chapter 29: Enhancing Cybersecurity in New and Merging Health Informatics Environments (p. 703-724)

Week 6: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello! You've come to the end of another week of your DNP journey. Good work! Let's look back at what you learned in Week 6. The sharing of healthcare data is critical to improving the quality of healthcare; yet the privacy and security of patient health information are also of paramount importance. This week, you learned ways to improve the intelligence of healthcare systems while keeping patient data private. I bet you were already aware that most healthcare providers follow the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Were you also aware that this Privacy Rule does not require healthcare providers to offer patients the choice as to whether their health information is shared with others for certain purposes?  You've come a long way already, but there’s still more to learn before we reach the end of NR706! It's time to move on to Week 7 and investigate data management and analytics. Let’s get started!

Week 7: DNP Coach Check-In

Welcome to Week 7!

Hello, and welcome to Week 7! You've almost made it to the end of the course, but there's still more to learn. In NR704, you learned that data analytics involves the extensive use of statistical analysis, including both explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions. Although the focus of health IT in recent years has been on electronic health record (EHR) implementation and the capturing and sharing of data, the work now is putting that data and information to use to improve individual health and healthcare delivery. As the quantity and complexity of healthcare data grow through EHR data capture, genomics, and other sources, the number of facts per clinical decision also increase. With this increase in data or facts comes the need for greater support in decision-making. Are you ready to learn more about making data-driven decisions to advance health? Let’s begin!

Objectives

1. Reflect on informatics competencies as they relate to the DNP scholar.

2. Examine the use of technology to guide data analytics to improve healthcare outcomes.

Chapter 18: Data Management and Analytics: The Foundations for Improvement (p. 425-452)

Chapter 27: Big Data and Advanced Analytics (p. 653-680)

Week 7: End of Week DNP Coach Check-In

End of Week DNP Coach Check-in

Hello, again! It's hard to believe, but you're close to the end of another leg of your DNP journey. You've come such a long way! It's time to review what you covered in Week 7. This week was all about data management and analytics. You may have been surprised to learn that making decisions with big data is more difficult. I know I was! As a practice scholar, you’ll make data-informed decisions to improve patient outcomes at the individual and systems levels. This skill is essential to thrive in the world of healthcare reform, complexity, and shifting emphasis on high-value care. That said, you aren't finished yet! There's still one more step of your journey in Healthcare Informatics & Information Systems. Let's move on to Week 8 and wrap it up!