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Describe the implications of policy on nursing informatics practice. For example, what impact is the nursing

shortage, patient safety, HIPAA having on NI as a specialty?

To understand the implications of policy on nursing informatics practice the concept of policy must first be defined.

Policy is defined, as a relatively stable, purposive course of action or inaction followed by an actor or set of actors

in dealing with aproblem or matter of concern (Anderson, 2011, p. 6). Using this definition of policy one can

inferred that policy dedicates the proper behaviors a person or person should take in regards to a particular matter.The impact that policy then has on nursing informatics is that it defines how informatics nurses deal with patients

and their information. For example HIPAA Privacy Rule one of its major rules, Toprotect and enhance the

rights of consumers by providing them access to their health information and controlling the inappropriate

use of that information (Sullivan& American Bar Association, 2004, p. 2) this policy would then make it illegal

for a informatics nurse to implement any barrier that hinders the access of clients to their own information.

Describe the use of order entry software, barcode technology, and medication administration technology.

Discuss the benefits of these resources on patient care.

he uses and benefits of order-entry software are wide and varied with each institution for example,

omputer-based order entry systems can be programmed to offer order sets relevant to a given patient (onnell cul, 2010, p 6) the benefit this would be an increase and speed of the delivery of care. This software can

also be set to create alters for a variety of items, such as a particular medication. This is useful in reminding nurses

to chart the effects of pain medicationon patients and many other types of drugs.

The use barcode technology is one we can see throughout our everyday lives. But how can help in

the healthcare setting. he medication administration phase of the medication-use process is perhaps the

most error-prone phase of any process in all of health care (Brown, 2006, p. 337) this were barcode

technology can assist nurse in the proper carrying out of the five rights of medication administration. There reducing

the medication administration errors.

Studies have found, that implementation of new technology into the medication management system

standardized the medication administration processes, decreased time spent on tasks associated.(Cima &Joint Commission Resources, 2012, p. 37) This reduces the cost and increases the effectiveness of care that is being

delivered to clients.

Discuss the benefits of a PHR and some of the barriers to the implementation of the technology.

The benefits of the personal health record are beneficial to both in clients and providers. For the

caregivers, PHR technology can improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and efficacy of

care process. (Rodrigues, 2010, p. 751) Clients benefit in reduce cost of care see as reduce healthcare

premiums and increase lifespan through effective use of their personal data to provide care for them.

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