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NURS-FPX4040 Managing Health Info & Tech

The need to keep up with health information technology is a must for nurses and that requires the management of health information so that the information is correct, confidential, and accessible when needed. Registered nurses are part of the leading actors in the management of health information and technology as they are in the first line in documenting the patient’s care, accessing of the electronic health records, and communicating with other healthcare professionals. The ability to handle health information technology, along with the capacity to work with electronic health record systems is one of the essential skills required for managing health information and technology. Nurses need to be familiar with these automations and must be able to navigate them efficiently to be able to write up patient care in a correct way and to access necessary information. This necessitates the running of the up-to-date training and the proper skill in using electronic health record systems.

NURS-FPX4040 Managing Health Info & Tech

With the increasing integration of health information and technology, one more important facet is to always put patient privacy and confidentiality first. Nurses are required to observe and abide by the stringent rules and regulations regarding the use of and disclosure of the patient data to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of their patients. Nursing practice is a complex and important part of managing health information as well as technology. In this way, they can see to it that the data about patients are managed efficiently and in a safe manner by being experts in electronic health record systems, upholding privacy and confidentiality protocols, and undergoing continued training.

Nursing informatics (NI) is a growing specialty due to its increasing impact on health care. NI incorporates nursing science with information management and analytics “to identify, define, manage, and communicate data” and information to inform nursing practice as well as organizational and health care policy (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, n.d.). NI’s impact is expansive and can serve to assist health care professionals, patients, and organizations in making decisions that positively impact patient care.

NURS-FPX4040 Managing Health Info & Tech

Baccalaureate-prepared nurses leverage technology to effectively and efficiently achieve desired patient, systems, and population outcomes. This course focuses on the development of generalist nursing practice competencies for the management of health information and patient care technologies.

What will i learn?

• Assessment 1: Nursing Informatics In Health Care
• Assessment 2: Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, And Confidentiality Best Practices
• Assessment 3: Evidence-Based Proposal And Annotated Bibliography On Technology In Nursing
• Assessment 4: Informatics And Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators

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