Assessment 1
Write a 45 page evidence-based proposal to support the need for a nurse informaticist in an organization who would focus on improving health care outcomes.
As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Team Perspectives of the Nurse Informaticist activity. Completion of this will help you succeed with the assessment as you explore the nurse informaticist’s role from the different perspectives of the health care team. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.
To successfully prepare for this assessment, you will need to complete these preparatory activities:
Review assessment resources and activities.
Review the focus of the new nurse informaticist position you will propose by examining the Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF]resource.
Conduct independent research on the nursing knowledge and skills necessary to interact with health information and patient care technology.
Focus your research on current resources available through peer-reviewed articles, professional websites, government websites, professional blogs, wikis, job boards, and so on.
Consult the BSN Program Library Research Guide for help in identifying scholarly and authoritative sources.
Interview peers in your network who are considered information technology experts.
Ask them about how information technology advances are impacting patient care at the bedside, at the organizational level, and beyond.
For this assessment, assume you are a nurse attending a meeting of your state’s nurses association. A nurse informaticist conducted a presentation on her role and its impact on positive patient and organizational outcomes in her workplace. You realize that your organization is undergoing many technological changes. You believe this type of role could provide many benefits to your organization.
Review the focus of the new nurse informaticist position you will propose by examining the Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF]resource.
You decide to pursue proposing a nurse informaticist role in your organization. You speak to your chief nursing officer (CNO) and human resources (HR) manager, who ask you to prepare a 45 page evidence-based proposal to support the new role. In this way, they can make an informed decision as to whether the addition of such a role could justify the return on investment (ROI). They need your proposal before an upcoming fiscal meeting. This is not an essay, but instead, it is a proposal to create a new Nurse Informaticist position.
One important part of this assessment is the justification of the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization and references from relevant and timely scholarly or professional resources to support the justification for creating this nurse informaticist position. The term justify means to show or prove that the nurse informaticist position brings value to the organization. This justification must include evidence from the literature to support that this position will provide a return on investment for the organization.
The chief nursing officer (CNO) and human resources (HR) manager have asked you to include the headings below in your proposal and to be sure to address the bullets following each heading. Remember that you will emphasize the focus of the new nurse informaticist position as described in the Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Nursing Informatics in Health Care [PDF]resource.
Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist
What is nursing informatics?
What is the role of the nurse informaticist?
Nurse Informaticists and Other Health Care Organizations
What is the experience of other health care organizations with nurse informaticists?
How do these nurse informaticists interact with the rest of the nursing staff and the interdisciplinary team?
Impact of Full Nurse Engagement in Health Care Technology
How does fully engaging nurses in health care technology impact:
Patient care?
Protected health information (security, privacy, and confidentiality)?
In this section, you will explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients’ protected health information, particularly privacy, security, and confidentiality. Evidence-based means that they are supported by evidence from scholarly sources.
Workflow?
Costs and return on investment?
Opportunities and Challenges
What are the opportunities and challenges for nurses and the interdisciplinary team with the addition of a nurse informaticist role?
Summary of Recommendations
What are 34 key takeaways from your proposal about the recommended nurse informaticist role that you want the CNO and the HR manager to remember?
This is the section where the justification for the implementation of the nursing informaticist role is addressed. Remember to include evidence from the literature to support your recommendation.
Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Submission length: 45 double-spaced pages, in addition to title and references pages.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Citations and References: Cite a minimum of three current scholarly and/or authoritative sources to support your ideas. In addition, cite a minimum of one current professional blog or website to support your central ideas. Current means no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Be sure to follow APA formatting and style guidelines for citations and references. For an APA refresher, consult the Evidence and APA page on Campus.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.
Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.
Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Assessment 01 Nursing Informatics in Health Care
For this assessment, you will write a 45 page evidence-based proposal to support the need
for a nurse informaticist in an organization who would focus on improving health care outcomes.
Before you complete the detailed instructions in the courseroom, first review the focus of the
new nurse informaticist position you will propose by examining the below. You will
write your evidence-based proposal to support the need for a new nurse informaticist who would
focus on integrating telehealth technologies to improve health outcomes for remote and
underserved populations.
Integrating Telehealth Technologies to Improve Health Outcomes for Remote and
Underserved Populations:
o Background: Telehealth refers to the use of electronic information and
telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical health care,
patient and professional health-related education, and more.
o Benefits: Telehealth has been shown to be effective in managing chronic
diseases, providing specialty care, and offering consultations in remote areas. It
offers potential for bridging the gap between urban healthcare facilities and
remote or underserved populations, and in general providing cost-effective and
efficient care regardless of a patients location.
Resources
History of Information Technology in Nursing
Chauvette, A. (2016). History of nursing informatics in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 11(4).
Grandia, L. (2017). Healthcare information systems: A look at the past, present, and future [PDF]. http://www.healthcatalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2…
This article provides a rationale for prioritizing data warehousing and analytics over other improvements in health care information technology.
OpenText. (2017, May 2). The history of health information management from then to now. OpenText Blog. https://blogs.opentext.com/history-heath-informati…
This article explores the history of health information management from the 15th century through the early 21st century.
How Information Technology Is Changing Health Care
Classen, D., Li, M., Miller, S., & Ladner, D. (2018). An electronic health record-based real-time analytics program for patient safety surveillance and improvement. Health Affairs, 37(11), 18.
Heath, S. (2018). Patient health data access top-of-mind in ONC draft framework. https://patientengagementhit.com/news/patient-heal…
This article explains the need for patients to have seamless access to their own health data to improve patient engagement as prioritized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (2011). Position statement on transforming nursing practice through technology and informatics [PDF]. https://www.himss.org/sites/hde/files/d7/HIMSSorg/…
This position statement identifies specific recommendations for eliminating barriers and addressing nursing’s role in transforming health care through the use of IT, particularly in regard to the role of nursing informatics.
Murphy, Z. R., Wang, J., & Boland, M. V. (2020). Association of electronic health record use above meaningful use thresholds with hospital quality and safety outcomes. JAMA Network Open, 3(9), 113. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/f…
This article provides examples of ways EHR affects health care.
Neumeier, M. (2016). Can nursing informatics improve person-centered care? Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 11(4).
This discussion reviews how care recipients and care providers need better access to more appropriate information in a more timely fashion in order to improve care.
Patel, M. R., Smith, A., Leo, H., Hao, W., & Zheng, K. (2019). Improving patientprovider communication and therapeutic practice through better integration of electronic health records in the exam room: A pilot study. Health Education & Behavior, 46(3), 484493.
Study authors say that evidence-supported training initiatives that can help providers meet greater demands to manage information are promising.
Rauv, S. (2017, June 14). The impact of technology in healthcare. https://www.elcomcms.com/resources/blog/the-impact…
Rauv examines the top five health care technology trends and innovations.
Seljelid, B., Varsi, C., Solberg Nes, L., Stenehjem, A.-E., Bollerslev, J., & Børøsund, E. (2020). Content and system development of a digital patient-provider communication tool to support shared decision making in chronic health care: InvolveMe. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 20(1), 114.
This study used interviews with patients with chronic conditions and focus groups with HCPs to gather narrative on their chronic conditions and consider the potential value of a tool for decision-making.
Wass, S., Vimarlund, V., & Ros, A. (2019). Exploring patients’ perceptions of accessing electronic health records: Innovation in healthcare. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 203215.
The authors discuss whether access to electronic health records increases patient involvement.
Health Care and Nursing Informatics Professional Resources
The following health care and nursing informatics websites provide resources, education, and networking opportunities for nursing informatics professionals:
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (n.d.). https://www.himss.org/
American Nurses Informatics Association. (n.d.). https://www.ania.org/
Alliance for Nursing Informatics. (n.d.). https://www.allianceni.org/
Nursing Informatics in Health Care Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.
Does not define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.
Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist, but the lacks detail or is missing important information.
Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist.
Defines nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist. References current data, evidence, or standards to support and refine definition.
Explain how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.
Does not explain how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.
Identifies but does not explain how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.
Explains how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care.
Explains how the nurse informaticist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care. Makes explicit reference to scholarly or professional resources to support explanation.
Justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.
Does not justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.
Proposes but does not justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.
Justifies the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization.
Justifies the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization and references relevant and timely scholarly or professional resources to support the justification.
Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
Does not explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
Describes but does not explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
Explains evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality).
Explains evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality), with reference to specific data, evidence, or standards to support the explanation.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Does not follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Partially follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references with flawless precision and accuracy.
Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Does not create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Creates a proposal that lacks clarity and/or has errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Creates a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Creates a clear, comprehensive, well-organized, and professional proposal that is error-free in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
