In these selections, you examine topics related to interoperability and security.
You are to be given an area of challenge(Patient Safety) in informatics. You then find peer-reviewed articles and a case study related to this topic to identify challenges and consider strategies for overcoming those challenges.
Find a case study from your current practice or a reputable source that illustrates challenges with your chosen topic. The text contains case studies; you also may choose from there.
Reflect on the challenges related to this topic found in your articles and in your chosen case.
Consider strategies you might implement to overcome the identified challenges.
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While the integration of electronic health records has improved healthcare delivery processes in today’s hospital settings, it is worthwhile noting that this technology has come with numerous challenges that must be addressed for its effectiveness to be realized. For example, hospitals must ensure that there is interoperability; the ability to comfortably use the technology to exchange information. Besides, they must maximize the security of patients’ data and patients’ privacy during the entire process (Classen et al., 2018). One area of challenge in informatics as healthcare organizations strive to ensure interoperability and security is patient safety. Inappropriate handling of patients’ data in organizational information systems is a big threat to interoperability and security. The high rates of concern submission across patient populations with different types of illnesses after technological integration into healthcare delivery is enough evidence of how inappropriate handling of patients’ data negatively affects patient safety (Couture et al., 2018). Therefore, failure to address patient safety concerns can affect meaningful interoperability and security of health data.
Nurse informaticists should advise their organizations on the evidence-based strategies that they should implement to overcome threats to patient safety as they work to ensure interoperability of health technology systems and security of the shared data. One of the strategies is to implement a patient safety active management system (PSAM). This technology enables hospitals to detect adverse events in real-time (Classen et al., 2018). The other approach is to implement simulation-based training for nurses, nurse informaticists, and other information technology users. Each simulation activity should be followed by debriefing sessions to discuss workflow challenges that might cause patient safety concerns (Potts et al., 2021). Hospitals should also use safety reporting systems that capture patient and family concerns (Couture et al., 2018). Addressing patient safety issues in informatics requires interdisciplinary team involvement and the inclusion of patients and their families.
References
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 (Project Hope), 37(11), 1805–1812. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0728
Couture, B., Fagan, M., Gershanik, E., Yoon, C., Benneyan, J., Bates, D. W., & Collins, S. A. (2018). Towards analytics of the patient and family perspective: a case study and recommendations for data capture of safety and quality concerns. AMIA … Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2017, 615–624.
Potts, K., Eguia, S. & Mohammed, M. (2021). Preparing for the unknown: simulation-based training in a new procedural /PACU area to increase patient safety. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 36(4), e17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2021.06.053.