Instructions
For this assessment, create a presentation for an executive-level audience. In addition to the information on your slides, make sure you are creating detailed speaker notes using APA style and citing your references. Additionally, you should include explanations as to how the structure and evidence used in the presentation is designed to appeal to your executive-level audience.Overall, your assessment will be assessed on the following criteria:Report the Leapfrog and Medicare Compare scores of a chosen organization or provider type.What is the overall Leapfrog grade?What are the performance scores in the three selected patient safety areas?On Medicare compare, select a provider type. Baptist Health South FloridaWhat is the patient safety score?How does this score compare to two others like provide types?Recommend an evidence-based implementation of informatics/technology to improve both Leapfrog and Medicare Compare score.Looking at the data, how might informatics/technology be used to improve both Leapfrog and Medicare Compare scores?Explain the rationale of the presentation structure and supporting evidence used to specifically appeal to an executive-level audience.Include these within your speaker’s notes. This can be done by slide or as a summary on your References slide at the end of the PowerPoint presentation.
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Technology-Informatics Use in Baptist Health South Florida
Marcos J Carvajal Bermejo
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella University
NURS-FPX8012Nursing Technology and Health Care Information Systems
Dr. Debbie Conner
May 18th, 2023
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Technology-Informatics Use in Baptist Health South Florida
A healthcare organization that I hope to work for in the future is Baptist Health in South
Florida. This healthcare institution has significantly invested in various technologies and
informatics to advance patient safety, outcomes, and care delivery. One of the most utilized
healthcare technologies at Baptist Health is electronic health records (EHRs). Baptist Health has
invested in management and healthcare services provided by CareCloud to promote patient care
in the South Florida area. CareCloud is a program that offers EHRs architecture that enables
healthcare professionals to provide services without any changes to their daily tasks (Griffin,
2012). Baptist Health has introduced this EHRs program to enable physicians to coordinate their
efforts appropriately and simultaneously enhance the accessibility and affordability of healthcare
services to patients.
In nursing practice, EHRs are associated with multiple benefits. One of these benefits is
enhancing access to real-time information. This is because data is added to an EHRs system
whenever a healthcare professional sees a patient or receives their test results. Also, these records
are updated as patient information comes in, so they are current. Besides that, this technology
makes it easier to access and distribute data as a healthcare provider with authorization can
access a patient’s EHR.
Moreover, EHRs advance patient outcomes and care delivery. Lin et al. (2018) outline that EHRs
utilization can potentially lower hospital mortality rates. This is because EHRs technology helps
decrease medical errors. The technology can be utilized to flag medications that a patient is
allergic to and provide information on potential drug interactions among a patient’s medications
mitigating dangerous side effects.
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In my practice setting, EHRs help promote the effectiveness and productivity of
healthcare providers, particularly nurses. EHRs enable healthcare providers to retrieve patient
records faster as they are better organized and easier to read. Apart from improved record
accessibility, EHRs in nursing practice enable nurses to obtain the clinical information they need
promptly, which is essential in managing acute care and emergencies. Another benefit of this
technology in my practice setting is the capacity to reduce medication blunders. According to
Vaidotas et al. (2019), EHRs technology can lessen the occurrence of medication errors since it
facilitates the tracking of dosages, times, and medications. In nursing practice, this technology is
employed to inform a nurse on the scheduling of patient medication and drug interactions,
mainly if a wrong medication is about to be given to a patient.
Although implementing EHRs within nursing practice can be advantageous, this process
can be challenging. There are various perceived obstacles to the appropriate utilization of EHRs
in nursing practice. One of these obstacles is the inadequate training of nurses. To appropriately
utilize EHRs technology, nurses and other healthcare providers need to be knowledgeable and
have the necessary skills (Aguirre et al., 2019). This is because EHRs systems are complex in
one way or another, and nurses can get irritated for not having received adequate training on
using this technology. In my practice setting, ongoing education and training are mandatory to
ensure that nurses and healthcare providers using this technology are competent. Apart from
inadequate training, interoperability is another obstacle that limits the utilization of EHRs
technology within my setting. As outlined EHRs facilitate the sharing of information that can be
accessed by authorized healthcare providers regardless of the healthcare facility or department.
However, this can be an obstacle if one healthcare facility or department does not readily
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disseminate data with the EHRs system at another. This may lead to delays and documentation
errors associated with adverse patient outcomes.
In healthcare, EHRs are vital for various reasons, including making the tasks of
healthcare professionals easier and enabling healthcare institutions to attain better patient results.
For these reasons, nurses must have adequate and comprehensive training to utilize EHRs
effectively and mitigate this technology’s obstacles.
Workflow Diagram for the Usage of EHRs Technology in Nursing Practice
Physician reviews the patient’s EHRs.
The physician delivers a working diagnosis.
The physician plans medication/lab/based on the
diagnosis.
The physician suggests the patient visit the
pharmacy/lab.
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with the patient.
The patient is provided with a correct procedure code
for medication/lab.
The physician discusses the medication/results
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The physician plans an action course – repeat,
monitoring, imaging, etc.
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Insurance verification.
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Compliance.
The physician is alerted if the patient got the
medication or alerted on preliminary results.
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The physician provides medication comments
to the pharmacy/ lab.
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The physician contacts the pharmacy/lab.
The patient visits the pharmacy/lab.
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I would redesign the workflow because of EHRs usage in nursing practice in two ways.
One of these ways is reducing the length of after-visit summaries. This is because the
information in those summaries could confuse patients who had their diagnoses clarified in
simple terms and not in clinical terms used in the summary. Also, I would redesign the workflow
by changing the documentation process. As seen in the workflow diagram, the utilization of
EHRs in nursing practice involves several documentation activities. Hence, the process can be
time-consuming, resulting in reduced productivity. As a result, I would add new features that
support more interaction between providers and patients and less documentation.
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References
Aguirre, R. R., Suarez, O., Fuentes, M., & Sanchez-Gonzalez, M. A. (2019). Electronic health
record implementation: a review of resources and tools. Cureus, 11(9).
https://doi.org/10.7759%2Fcureus.5649
Griffin, F. (2012). Care cloud to provide electronic health records to Baptist Health South
Florida. Healthcare Technology. https://www.healthtechzone.com/channels/healthinformation-exchange/articles/312842-care-cloud-provide-electronic-health-recordsbaptist-health.htm
Lin, S. C., Jha, A. K., & Adler-Milstein, J. (2018). Electronic health records associated with
lower hospital mortality after systems have time to mature. Health affairs, 37(7), 11281135. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1658
Vaidotas, M., Yokota, P. K. O., Negrini, N. M. M., Leiderman, D. B. D., Souza, V. P. D., Santos,
O. F. P. D., & Wolosker, N. (2019). Medication errors in emergency departments: is
electronic medical record an effective barrier? Einstein (São Paulo), 17.
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