Running head: NUT1:NURSING INFORMATICS:TASK 2 NUT1:Nursing Informatics:Task 2 Western Governors University NUT1:Nursing Informatics:Task 2 Section A Computerized medical record increase quality of care in many ways. First, it is a way that your medical records could be electronically viewed from one doctor to another without the need to wait for transfer of records or the need to copy records and hand carry them to another doctor. Second, they help reduce errors in orders due to the inability to decipher handwriting. Also, if you are in the hospital, your doctor can view your test results and give orders via computer from either his home or office. ( Lee, A. C. 2013).
However, it is the corporation’s efficient and effective leadership style which allows the company to make effective decisions which contributes to Kaiser's success as the leading not-for-profit managed health care company located in the U.S. (Kaiser Permanente, 2010). According to Northouse, leadership is a process through which a person has some effect on a group of individuals to accomplish a common
University of Phoenix Business Systems BSA 310 Joseph Rezendes September 06, 2010 Information System for Kudler Kudler Fine Foods provides imported and domestic foodstuffs to the San Diego metropolitan area. The company relies on its information system to help them grow and stay competitive in an ever-growing market. The company uses the information system to track every aspect of the business. The information system that this company uses is Microsoft Access™ for creating and capturing data that is stored in their database. The database is broken down into nine different categories.
The method used was a prospective analysis in one intensive care unit and one gerontology unit of a university hospital in 2007. The results were calculated by dividing, the benefits of the search and destroy policy by its costs related to screening and quarantine. Benefits consisted of hospital savings through avoidance of isolation, decontaminations, antimicrobial therapy and extended hospital stay of affected patients. This paper provides a great solution for healthcare facilities to follow to help standardize procedures when dealing with Staphylococcus aureus. The scope of the study is limited to one university hospital but the data gathered is very compelling (Simoens, 2009).
The NDNQI is a benchmarking tool hospitals can utilize to improve their outcomes for specific nurse-sensitive indicators. Nurses can compare themselves to similar nursing units locally, regionally or nationally. The results can be used to for decision making regarding nursing care, patient outcomes, patient safety and nurse satisfaction (Hendren, 2011). NDNQI uniquely measures nursing care from the nursing unit levels which empowers nursing units to improve care (Hinshaw, 2011). At the unit level “you might discover that one unit has had few catheter-associated urinary tract infections than another unit with a similar patient population.
Abstract In recent years, healthcare leaders and medical experts have expressed concerns about tough challenges ahead for healthcare and its leaders. While most agree that the issue warrants attention, consensuses divide around how to respond to the problem. The purpose of this paper is to summarize, explore and analyze Dr. Kyle Glazier’s article on Ronald G. Spaeth’s philosophies on healthcare, and examine Spaeth’s authority on business and healthcare through his education and works. His business theories in management branch from a human relations approach which accounts for much of his success in healthcare to express his methods. He states that healthcare institutions have shifted more like running a business and those young healthcare
A Critical Appraisal of a Qualitative Study Grand Canyon University Introduction to Nursing Research NRS-433V September 17, 2014 A Critical Appraisal of a Qualitative Study Problem Statement The clinical problem and research problem that led to the study is identifying the effectiveness of rapid response teams (RRTs) functionality. It was noted, “most of the research on response teams has focused on tracking and reporting the hospital outcomes” (Leach & Mayo, 2013, p. 199). The researchers of this study believe that assessment of the actual functionality of the RRTs performance can lead to a better understanding of RRTs that can lead to fine tuning the education required to improve their performance when responding to a critical
Evidence-Based Practice Intro to Professional Nursing 3010 April 11, 2015 Evidence-Based Practice As nursing developed as a profession, it gained a scientific basis that has developed theories and performed research specific to nursing and has defined the way that patients are treated. Nurses no longer utilize trial-and-error to treat patients, but use methods of treatment that are firmly based in knowledge gained through research (Black, 2014). “Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making within a healthcare organization that integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential evidence” (Hain & Kear, 2015). In the past, patients were treated using
In this paper I will discuss how the culture of a healthcare organization can improve hospital outcomes. Obama Care is a health care organization implemented through the democratic administration that helps individuals have a smoother medical experience by means of preventive care services, the Summary of Budgets Committee for nutritional benefits before and after a hospital stay, emergency room insurance acceptance with no turn away, pre existing condition and grandfathered insurance. Healthcare, 2012 show that the organizational design of Obama Care which consist of legislation to create health care, are a joint effort among the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury. This healthcare organization to benefit hospital outcomes is the government’s reconstruction of the private marketplace and makes access to all for health care without penalty for pre existing conditions. In fact, you may be
Nurses need to use critical thinking every day during their practice. Evidence-based practice (EBP) provides nurses with a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care to a specific population. In study done in 2001 it was found that although nurses showed a positive attitude toward EBP, certain barriers were hindering their smooth adoption. It is, therefore, desirable that health care management, develop a comprehensive strategy for building EBP competencies through proper training. Moreover, hospital libraries should also play an active role in developing adequate information literacy skills among the nurses in allowing and showing them how to do research.