Healthcare Research Utilization

Textbooks: Roberts, P., & Priest, H. (Eds.). (2010). Healthcare research: A textbook for students and practitioners. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Cunningham, C. J. L., Weathington, B. L., &Pittenger, D. J. (2013). Understanding and conducting research in the health sciences. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & sons.

Instructions: Please ensure to substantiate your response with scholarly sources or a personal account of your own experience in the work place. Questions 1 to 8, 150 -200 word count.

1. In your experiences at work, when a major change is made, is it normally announced months in advance?And lots of time given to discussion & input from staff who are impacted?

2. The problem could be that these folks simply never change about anything....they dont seek out new experiences nor do they seek to learn new things. I have patients in the 80s who are on the computer daily, loving it!!! They are the ones always happy t0 be involved, get involved, learn & teach others....they are thrilled to be 'up with the latest' !!!!~I bet if you asked the ones you are talking about, when was the last time they 'learned something new', they would look at you with a blank stare. In my opinion, it is unrelated to 'age'. It is simply a mindset of one who lack curiousity& is inflexible about most things in life.What do you think...could this be the real issue?

3. Reliability means that a measurement does not vary because of characteristics of how you measured (or the measurement instrument itself). Measurement reliability is easier to see in the physical world. Let us say you get on a bathroom scale and measure your weight. Now you get off and get on repeatedly. A reliable scale gives the same weight each time--assuming, of course, that you are not eating, drinking, changing clothing, and so forth. An unreliable scale registers different weights over time, even when your true weight is unchanged. The analogy of weight on a bathroom scale carries over to all other kinds of measures. Reliability means that the method or instrument (bathroom scale) you use to make measurements is consistent and dependable.
Validity suggests truthfulness and indicates how well your mental picture of an idea fits with what you do to measure it in empirical reality. In simple terms, validity addresses how well the aspect of reality you measure matches up with the ideas you use to understand that aspect of reality.

Share if you have seen these terms used in studies you have reviewed*What questions do you have?

4. Read and discuss your thoughts about the article: Getting Involved in the Research Process" from The Effective Health Care Program StakeholderGuide.http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/stakeholderguide/chapter3.html

5. Read and discuss your thoughts about the article: "Fifteen Common Mistakes Encountered in Clinical Research. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S188319581000112X

6. Watch and discuss your thoughts about the video: Segment 32 to 38 from the Reinventing Healthcare-A Fred Friendly Seminar video. http://www.fredfriendly.org/programs/healthcare/

7. Watch and discuss your thoughts about the video: the segment "Innovation and Stakeholders. http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=39954

8. Explore and dicuss your thoughts on the data infographics page on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website.http://www.ahrq.gov/research/data/data-infographics/index.html

9. The manager has asked you to prepare a response to the CEO's assertion that EMR technology is not critical for a health care organization.

Write a 700- to 900-word proposal that discusses the research-based benefits of using EMR technology.

Include the following in your proposal:

• Explain the purpose of utilizing research in healthcare administration
• Explain the influence and importance of stakeholders in healthcare administration.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

10. Resources: Annotated Bibliography paper below and the article-see attached(Technology and Patient Safety.

Review the "Questions to Prompt Critical Thinking" document.

Write a 150- to 180-word paper that answers the questions outlined in "Questions to Prompt Critical Thinking".

1. Identify the purpose
a. What is the purpose of the study?
b. What is the author trying to accomplish in this paper?

If the answers to these questions are not expressly stated in the article, consider its entirety then write what you think the answers are.

Example: The purpose of the study was to bring awareness of the Ebola outbreak, to provide statistical data to give an accurate account of the scope of the outbreak and to identify known methods to minimize exposure, recognize symptoms and prevent outbreaks.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.