LOREM, IPSUM

 

Introduction

In this task, you’ll demonstrate how a baccalaureate-prepared nurse uses information technology to support safe, effective, and patient-centered care. If you currently work in a healthcare setting, you are encouraged to use your workplace as the basis for your response. Otherwise, choose a healthcare setting you are familiar with or interested in.

You will explore how an electronic health record system (EHRS) is used in that setting to inform decision-making, improve outcomes, and support patient health literacy. You'll also identify a common challenge related to EHRS use and explain the nurse’s role in overcoming it while maintaining data integrity.

In addition, you’ll examine how a health information system and a related technology contribute to clinical decisions, and explain how legal and ethical standards, such as HIPAA and the AHIMA Code of Ethics, guide responsible use of patient data.

 

Electronic Health Records in a Healthcare Setting

A.  Identify a healthcare setting and an electronic health record system (EHRS) that could be used in this setting (e.g., EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, etc.).

Note: If you currently work in a healthcare setting, you are encouraged to use your workplace and its EHRS.

1.  Describe the purpose of the EHRS used in the identified healthcare setting.

2.  Using a specific example, explain how this EHRS is used to make decisions promoting high-quality patient care in this healthcare setting.

3.  Identify a barrier/challenge (e.g., privacy, costs, usability, accessibility, terminology, accuracy, etc.) to using this EHRS in this healthcare setting.

4.  Describe the role of the nurse in maintaining data integrity while overcoming this barrier/challenge.

5.  Explain how overcoming this barrier/challenge will improve patient outcomes.

6.  Explain how overcoming this barrier/challenge will advance health literacy.

Note: This explanation should focus on how overcoming the barrier or challenge will help advance patient health literacy.

Health Information Systems and Technology in Practice

B.  Identify one health information system and one technology to use in the healthcare setting identified in part A.

Note: You can use the EHRS identified in part A as the health information system. The technology can be any technology that is applicable for this setting.

1.  Discuss how the health information system supports decision-making in patient care.

2.  Discuss how the technology supports decision-making in patient care.

3.  Explain the importance of evaluating data from health information systems (e.g., reliability, quality, consistency, security).

Legal and Ethical Use of Health Information

C.  Describe how relevant laws and policies guide the use of health information systems and safeguard healthcare information by doing the following:

1.  Using a specific example from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) code of ethics, explain the nurse’s ethical responsibility regarding the use of protected healthcare information.

2.  Using a specific example from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) legislation, explain the nurse’s legal responsibility regarding the use of protected healthcare information.

D.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.