Respond to your colleagues using one or more of the following approaches:
Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.
Share an insight from having read your colleagues' postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.
Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
Expand on your colleagues' postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Information Technology
Since the inception of the HITECH Act, health organizations have faced increased pressure to update their health information technology (HIT) resources. As discussed last week, many believe that the increased use of electronic health records and the quick and efficient communication afforded by HIT can lead to improved quality of patient care. Yet there are significant costs associated with implementing such systems. What can organizations do to ensure that the correct system is selected and that the system will be appropriate for those required to use it? Who should be involved in those decisions?
This week introduces the systems development life cycle and discusses how it can guide an organization through the complexities of adopting a new HIT system. In this Discussion, you are asked to consider the role of nurses in the SDLC process.
To prepare:
Review the steps of the systems development life cycle.
Think about your own organization, or one with which you are familiar, and the steps the organization goes through when purchasing and implementing a new HIT system.
Consider what a nurse could contribute to decisions made at each stage when planning for new health information technology. What might be the consequences of not involving nurses?
Reflect on your own experiences with your organization selecting and implementing new technology. As an end user, do you feel you had any input in the selection or and planning of the new HIT system?
DISCUSSION 1- Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Information Technology
References:
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2015). Systems Development Life Cycle: Nursing Informatics and Organizational Decision Making. In D.McGonigle, & K. Mastrian, Nursing Informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed., pp. 173-185). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Nurse leaders discussion the nurse's role in driving technology decisions. (2010). Virginia Nu
Discussion 2: Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Information Technology
References
Hsiao, J., Chang, H., & Chen, R. (2011). A study of factors affecting acceptance of hospital information systems: A nursing perspective. Journal of Nursing Research, 19(2), 150-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JNR.0b013e31821cbb25
Huryk, L. A. (2010). Factors influencing nurses' attitudes towards healthcare information technology. Journal of Nursing Management, 18(5), 606-612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01084.x
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2015). Systems development life cycle: Nursing informatics and organizational decision making. In D. McGonigle & K. Mastrian (Eds.), Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed., pp. 173-185). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.