Carole Crabtree, Patricia B Howard, Peggy El-Mallakh
{"title":"The care and outcomes management plan and Kardex. A design for improving documentation of nursing plan of care and patient outcomes.","authors":"Carole Crabtree, Patricia B Howard, Peggy El-Mallakh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gradual transition from paper records to electronic records presents challenges for nurses. In particular, split paper/electronic records can interfere with staff communication during shift change reports. A project was implemented to facilitate documentation of individualized care plans and improve staff communication during shift change report. The hospital's critical pathway was incorporated into Kardex to create a single electronic medical record for use during shift change report. This combined electronic outcomes plan and Kardex improved access to patient information during shift report and facilitated nurses' ability to update the care plan with the most current patient information. Future strategies will include collaboration with the hospital's information systems staff to make the COMPdex compatible with the hospital's electronic documentation system, so that pertinent patient data will populate from the current electronic chart into the COMPdex forms for printing and to include patient outcome data in the electronic medical record.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 1","pages":"50-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27956354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darrell Burke, Feliciano Yu, David Au, Nir Menachemi
{"title":"Best of breed strategies--hospital characteristics associated with organizational HIT strategy.","authors":"Darrell Burke, Feliciano Yu, David Au, Nir Menachemi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We identify the frequency at which various IT management strategies (e.g., best of breed, best of suite, or singlevendor solutions) are pursued in U.S. hospitals. We also examine hospital characteristics that are associated with pursuing one strategy over another. After combining several secondary data sources, 3343 hospitals were analyzed. Of these, 61 percent indicated a single vendor; 29 percent indicated a best-of-suite; and 10 percent suggested a best-of-breed strategy. In multivariate models, single-vendor strategies were most common among hospitals that were small, stand-alone, for-profit, non-teaching and/or non-JCAI accredited. Best of breed strategies were most common among system affiliated and JCAHO accredited hospitals; and best-of-suite IT strategies were most common among very large, system affiliated, teaching and JCAHO-acccredited hospitals. These findings enable hospital leaders to compare strategies with their peers. Moreover, IT vendors can identify the types of hospitals that would most likely benefit from their products or services.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"46-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The HIPAA security rule--more questions than answers.","authors":"Richard D Lang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing HIE stakeholder readiness for consumer access: lessons learned from the NHIN trial implementations.","authors":"Brian E Dixon, Theda Miller, J Marc Overhage","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Personal health records (PHRs) have the potential to empower patient decision-making. Integrating PHRs into the nation's health information infrastructure via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) may accelerate their adoption and use. PHR and NHIN technical development activities are advancing, but little is known about provider acceptance of PHR usage in this manner. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with organizations participating in an operational health information exchange to elicit opinions regarding such integration. The conversations identified important concerns that need to be addressed in order to achieve the vision established in the Consumer Access to Clinical Information Use Case outlined by the American Health Information Community. These challenges include provider workflow, authentication of consumer access, impact on provider-patient communication and consumer health literacy. Developers, policymakers, providers and patients should work together to confront and find solutions to these challenges to achieve the full potential of PHRs in the healthcare system.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 3","pages":"20-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40018982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interoperability of electronic health records and personal health records: key interoperability issues associated with information exchange.","authors":"Simone Pringle, Alex Lippitt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As patients receive medical care, their clinical history may be tracked and recorded by multiple electronic systems developed by independent vendors. Medical providers might use electronic health record (EHR) software tailored to the needs of trained medical personnel, whereas patients may interact with personal health records (PHR). The purpose of this essay is to identify the key interoperability issues associated with the information exchange between these two types of systems and offer an approach for enhancing interoperability. This article is part of a series of unpublished essays titled A Community View on How Personal Health Records Can Improve Patient Care and Outcomes in Many Healthcare Settings, a collaborative project of Northern Illinois Physicians For Connectivity and the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland. For further information on how you can obtain copies of the complete work, contact the principle Dr. Stasia Kahn at Stash5@sbcglobal.net.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 3","pages":"31-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40018984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The care and feeding of clinical information systems. Challenges in IT enhancements and functionality.","authors":"Barbara J Hoehn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"12-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Rajeev K Bali, M Chris Gibbons, J H James Choi, Jonathan L Schaffer
{"title":"A systematic approach: optimization of healthcare operations with knowledge management.","authors":"Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Rajeev K Bali, M Chris Gibbons, J H James Choi, Jonathan L Schaffer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective decision making is vital in all healthcare activities. While this decision making is typically complex and unstructured, it requires the decision maker to gather multispectral data and information in order to make an effective choice when faced with numerous options. Unstructured decision making in dynamic and complex environments is challenging and in almost every situation the decision maker is undoubtedly faced with information inferiority. The need for germane knowledge, pertinent information and relevant data are critical and hence the value of harnessing knowledge and embracing the tools, techniques, technologies and tactics of knowledge management are essential to ensuring efficiency and efficacy in the decision making process. The systematic approach and application of knowledge management (KM) principles and tools can provide the necessary foundation for improving the decision making processes in healthcare. A combination of Boyd's OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) and the Intelligence Continuum provide an integrated, systematic and dynamic model for ensuring that the healthcare decision maker is always provided with the appropriate and necessary knowledge elements that will help to ensure that healthcare decision making process outcomes are optimized for maximal patient benefit. The example of orthopaedic operating room processes will illustrate the application of the integrated model to support effective decision making in the clinical environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 3","pages":"44-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40018868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing the business and IT relationship--a structured approach to implementing a business relationship management framework.","authors":"Gregg Mohrmann, Drew Kraatz, Bonnie Sessa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between the business and the IT organization is an area where many healthcare providers experience challenges. IT is often perceived as a service provider rather than a partner in delivering quality patient care. Organizations are finding that building a stronger partnership between business and IT leads to increased understanding and appreciation of the technology, process changes and services that can enhance the delivery of care and maximize organizational success. This article will provide a detailed description of valuable techniques for optimizing the healthcare organization's business and IT relationship; considerations on how to implement those techniques; and a description of the key benefits an organization should realize. Using a case study of a healthcare provider that leveraged these techniques, the article will show how an organization can promote this paradigm shift and create a tighter integration between the business and IT.</p>","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"52-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The optimal RTLS solution for hospitals.","authors":"David Dimond","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology and nursing--a love/hate relationship.","authors":"Judy Murphy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80028,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthcare information management : JHIM","volume":"23 2","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28123120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}