Introduction To Nursing Informatics: Systematic Analysis
As nursing has progressed from paper charting to electronically charting, health care workers are allowed to work collaboratively and more efficiently to provide the best care to all individuals seeking professional treatment. According to the video, Introduction to Nursing Informatics, “ Information systems gives us the tools in order to collect data , then when it is put into our system it allows other nurses to access that information immediately. In the past when we were paper charting, half of the battle were trying to find the patient’s chart. Now that we are documenting electronically multiple people can access the patient’s chart and get the information they are looking for” (Laureate Education, 2012). With that said, when multiple
workers are able to access a patient’s chart it eliminate unnecessary time spend trying to access the chart and reduce potential medical errors.
By way of being a nursing since 2012, electronically charting was becoming more prevalent and many health care facilities was doing away with paper charting. In the organization that I am currently working at, electronically charting is definitely more convenient than paper charting, because it facilitates time management through bedside charting and nurses having all the patient’s information at our fingertips such as new orders, lab values, medications, vitals, etc. There is room for growth in protecting patient information and preventing HIPPA violations when sharing patient’s information via electronically.
The article, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, states “One oft-cited problem arises from the decentralized and fragmented nature of the health care delivery system or “nonsystem”, to some observers. When patients see multiple providers in different settings, none of whom has access to complete information” (Institute of Medicine, 1999, P.1). Many medical errors or eliminated through use of electronically charting. Information technology addresses the safety issue noted in the article, in way that, patient’s information can easily be shared amongst multiple providers, which allow providers to have access to all of the patient’s information instead of fragmented portions. Electronically charting has transformed health care tremendously and has led to patient’s receiving high quality care that promotes healing.
workers are able to access a patient’s chart it eliminate unnecessary time spend trying to access the chart and reduce potential medical errors.
By way of being a nursing since 2012, electronically charting was becoming more prevalent and many health care facilities was doing away with paper charting. In the organization that I am currently working at, electronically charting is definitely more convenient than paper charting, because it facilitates time management through bedside charting and nurses having all the patient’s information at our fingertips such as new orders, lab values, medications, vitals, etc. There is room for growth in protecting patient information and preventing HIPPA violations when sharing patient’s information via electronically.
The article, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, states “One oft-cited problem arises from the decentralized and fragmented nature of the health care delivery system or “nonsystem”, to some observers. When patients see multiple providers in different settings, none of whom has access to complete information” (Institute of Medicine, 1999, P.1). Many medical errors or eliminated through use of electronically charting. Information technology addresses the safety issue noted in the article, in way that, patient’s information can easily be shared amongst multiple providers, which allow providers to have access to all of the patient’s information instead of fragmented portions. Electronically charting has transformed health care tremendously and has led to patient’s receiving high quality care that promotes healing.