I am a registered health information technologist. I am currently working on an Epic implementation as an analyst and trainer. All answers are based on my personal experience or my previous education unless denoted by in text citation. TASK: A. EXAMINE ELEMENTS OF THE VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS BY DOING THE FOLLOWING: 1.…
Members of the Interdisciplinary Team A multidisciplinary team is needed to promote the best outcome involving all perspectives. The team would be made up of a representative from each category of nursing and support staff, a physician representative. The preference would be to involve the chief of department with this to support presenting the outcome to other physicians.…
This essay will discuss how communication plays a vital role within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in a hospital based setting. Furthermore it will show how team working along with collaboration contributed and at times hindered the overall outcome of the chosen experience. Pseudonyms will be used throughout this essay. Healthcare professionals have a duty of confidence towards service users. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have clear guidelines within the Code of Conduct (2008), this includes respecting a service users right to privacy and a professional responsibility on when and when not to disclose information.…
An interdisciplinary team is a group of health care members who help plan, provide, and evaluate patient care (Taylor, 2011). The members of the interdisciplinary team can vary, but most include a physician, registered nurse, radiology technician, registered dietician, physician therapist, occupational therapist, speech language pathologist, laboratory technician, pharmacist, case worker, and various forms of pastoral care. (Sommer, 2013). The responsibilities of these team members are complex. The physician is in charge of determining future plan of patient care whereas the pharmacist plays a role in assuring correct medications are available and delivered to the unit for administration.…
A Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT) contains health professionals that work in partnership with clients to produce better health outcomes REF. They provide care that is efficient and effective (MOH, 2014c). Depending on the stage of the long term condition the MDT members differ in specialised fields that offers expertise and specific skills beneficial to the patient (MOH, 2014c) At present the aim of Sues MDT members is to help her self-manage her diabetes, with diet, exercise and medication. (Diabetes New Zealand, 2014) states that, a proper diet, daily exercise will reduce the risk of further complications of diabetes.…
I have provided recommendations regarding strategic projects, future goals and organisational objectives while supporting ongoing change and providing comprehensive analysis of current practice and the impact of new directions in multidisciplinary coordination and patient record management. Previous to my work with CCLHD I had the opportunity to work in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) integrating the secondary tier for the current UAE health service over a three year contract. I was employed as a Management Consultant with Dubai Health Care City (DHCC) to implement their new operating systems. This comprised teams creating workflow systems for individual components/sites within the Health Care City business model.…
Overall, a nurse informaticists is the middle-man between a health IT design team and his…
Health care organizations and the way patient care is delivered is rapidly changing. Interprofessional teams are seen as a strategy to improve patient outcomes and care. The ability for nurses to work as part of an interprofessional team is critical, since nurses are central to the care of the patient. Interprofessional team participation requires and array of skills to be successful. Leadership, collaboration, effective communication skills, and the ability to address conflict are all needed to work as a member of an interprofessional team (Bainbridge, Masmith, Orchard, & Woods, 2010).…
Case Example of Nursing Terminology In managing a telehealth nursing team, I have been fortunate to take part in implementing our one-year new system. Our leadership team works closely with our implementations team, our clients and the nurses to create and maintain a standardized nursing system for the company. The job entails some computer programing in simple commands to manipulate client screens, setting up new client screens, creating client specific letters to import data and coordinating updates; so, the system is user friendly for nurses, the claims team and clients. Our system interacts with the claims team system and the client information system.…
Piscotty, R. J., Kalisch, B., & Gracey-Thomas, A. (2015). Impact of Healthcare Information Technology on Nursing Practice. Journal Of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287-293 7p. doi:10.1111/jnu.12138 This article by Piscotty, Kalisch, & Gracey-Thomas discussed the impact that healthcare technology has on nursing as a whole and how it ensures each patient receives the same level of care.…
These essentials focus on clinical scholarship, informational technology utilization, interprofessional collaboration, and population health management (American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), 2006). Through application of these essentials, teamwork, collaboration, integration of systems and technology applications can be combined with the organizational goals, patient outcomes, reduction of waste, and quality improvements that are fiscally responsible (Aroh, Colella, Douglas, & Eddings, 2015). By utilizing the educational essentials in every aspect of the healthcare setting, the DNP can recognize what while quality comes as a cost, the return can be beneficial over the course of time, which may lead to bigger returns in VBP (Waxman,…
These nurses will be involved in the process pre implementation, during implementation and post. The nurse leadership should be representatives from each department. There should be an establishment of user groups and super users to help transition nurses on the floor during the pre-implementation and implementation phase. The super user is the savvy nurse who is comfortable with the EHR system and will be specifically trained to help people in their unit. For those who need extra help and training there should be online platforms available as well as on-demand training and webinars.…
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) should begin by creating a clear vision and goals for the future followed by a strategic plan that includes a current assessment of needs. An HCO will also benefit from researching other electronic health record (EHR) implements to gain valuable insight into the process. Starting in this manner can help an HCO anticipate issues and reduce cost; thus reducing some major barriers to implementation. Ensuring that the technical infrastructure will support implementation is also key (Merrill, 2010). If the system is always down due to technical issues, chaos ensues.…
Technology will be a great investment as the healthcare industry transfers to an Accountable Care model from a Fee for Service model. Advanced hospital organizations have invested in Healthcare IT to manage the increased financial risks that are being confronted with and this technology has increased the coordination of care by managing the healthcare risk. Healthcare providers are optimizing major Healthcare IT systems and investing in cloud technology, data security, data loss prevention, encryption, mobile devices, and healthcare information exchanges. (Cerrato,…
Health information technology – 3rd Edition. St. Louis, Missouri; Elsevier Saunders. Follen M., Castaneda R, Mikelson M, Johnson D, Wilson A, Higuchi K. (2007). Implementing health information technology to improve the process of health care delivery: a case study. Dis Manag. 10(4):208-15.…