ECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
/2 Identify an electronic technology that is used in your clinical setting that creates new data. (Please Note: Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) rarely produce data they typically store it; You should not choose EMRs or EHRs as your technology). Explain how the electronic technology improves clinical practice, promotes patient safety, and improves clinical outcomes.
/2 Describe what kind of data is gathered and how the data gathered from your chosen technology could be used to impact your current practice. Think creatively! Don’t re-iterate simply the function of the technology, but identify the specific data it gathers and determine what other uses this data could have on patient care. Please note that you cannot simply re-iterate the “potential uses” the electronic technology has listed on their website! These are currently functionalities of the technology- look at the data it is actually gathering and creatively identify how this data can be used in other ways. Ie. If your chosen technology is the call-light system, then data on frequency of call-light activation could potentially be used to determine adequate pain control and need post-op.
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PATIENT
/2 Identify and briefly discuss a consumer health mobile app designed for patients/healthcare consumers that addresses a similar need to the patient that assisted the nurse in the hospital (ie. If you chose a Medication Administration Bar-Code System as the technology that produces data in the “Technology in Healthcare” section then a similar technology that could be used for the patient would be an app that kept track of/reminded the patient to take their meds.) (Provide link to site OR app info.)
/2 Describe what kind of data could be gathered from this app (Qualitative, quantitative, scale, ordinal, nominal etc.). If data gathered from this app was shared with a healthcare professional would it be beneficial to improving the patients care or communication? If the app is free what liberties does the app request in order to download, and what is the purpose of requesting these liberties?
EVALUATE THE DATA
/2 Evaluate the app using ‘Systematic Evaluation of Mobile Apps’ article (posted in unit resources–and yes you are expected to cite it). Would you “Trust It” or “Trash it” ? (see unit resources- again! be sure to cite this reference as well). Would you recommend the website/mobile app to patients or health care consumers?
