Healthcare Tools
centralize patient information, making it accessible to authorized healthcare providers in real time
What is Electronic Health Record?
Ensure that patient information is documented consistently and accurately, leading to better communication and fewer errors during handoff.
What is Charting?
a person involved in troubleshooting system issues
What is Informatics Specialist?
What is Data Overload?
Machines to perform tasks that traditionally required human intelligence, such as problem-solving, decision-making, pattern recognition, and learning from experience.
What is AI
Wireless, hands-free communication devices improve on-the-go communication for healthcare teams
What is Vocera? (walkie talkie)
by providing alerts for potential drug interactions, allergies, or deviations from clinical guidelines
What is Clinical Decision Making? (clinical decision support)
system running slowly or being cumbersome for quick charting
What is Data Entry Issues?
A leak in patient information
What is data breaches?
provide opportunities to manage patients' health remotely
What is wearable technology and remote monitoring? (telemedicine, digital health tools)
A type of device or system used for remote monitoring of a person ECG readings regularly.
What is Telemonitor?
identification of patterns and risks enabling proactive prevention strategies
What is Risk Assessment?
When certain elements of the EHR are not user friendly or cause confusion
What is usability concerns?
Ability of different systems, organizations, or software applications to seamlessly exchange, interpret, and use data in a consistent and meaningful way
What is data interoperability?
Enhancing accessibility for patients with disabilities
What is Accessibility Features?
Messaging feature for communication between health care providers and patients ensuring privacy and confidentiality.
What is Secure Chat?
decrease in harmful outcomes or negative effects resulting from a treatment, intervention, or procedure
What is harm reduction?
Staff is properly trained on new features and upgrades, addressing issues that arise from system changes or rollouts of new tools
What is Staff Training?
A reaction of individuals less comfortable with technology and resistance to fully adopting to the new systems or updates.
What is Resistance to Change?
Technology will make it easier for nurses to collaborate with physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals remotely, enhancing the interdisciplinary approach to patient care and offering educational opportunities for professional growth.
What is Interdisciplinary Collaboration?
Face to face video consultations with doctors
What is Video Consultation? (Telemedicine, telehealth)
Machine learning algorithms are used to detect patterns of malicious activity and predict potential cyber threats, helping to protect networks and systems from attacks.
What is Cybersecurity?
Organizing, storing, and maintaining vast amounts of data in a usable and accessible format
What is Data Management? (memory)
concerns about job loss and the future of work
What is Job Displacement?
Voice-activated assistants will help nurses document patient information, access clinical guidelines, and communicate with colleagues without needing to stop patient care.
What is Hands-Free Documentation?