Total Points Possible:  175

Requirements

Students will login to FierceEMR and FierceHealthIT using the link provided in the reading assignment module for Week 5 and select a   “current/popular” topic of the week that may impact their practice. Students, in a professionally developed paper, will discuss the rationale for choosing the topic, how it will impact practice in a positive or negative manner, citing pros and cons. Include a discussion of how informatics skills and knowledge were used in the process relevance to developing the assignment. In the conclusion, provide recommendations for the future. Submit completed FierceHealthIT   Topic paper for Wk. 5 to dropbox by end of Week 5.

Preparing the paper

1. The FierceEMRand FierceHealthIT Current/Popular Topic of the Week assignment must be a professional, scholarly prepared paper. See the guidelines for writing a professional, scholarly paper in the Course Resources. The professional paper will have an introduction, body of paper to explain what you are doing, summary/conclusion, and at least three scholarly references.
2. Required texts may be used as references, but a minimum of three sources must be from outside of course readings.
3. All aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.
4. The paper (excluding the title page, introduction and reference page) is 4-6 pages in length.
5. Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.
6. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.

Solution:

HealthIT Topic

The healthcare sector has continued to experience dynamic technological advancements directed towards the improvement of patient safety and health outcomes. Among these healthcare advancements is the use of telehealth in delivering care. Telehealth is described by Mataxen and Webb (2019) as the use of technology and telemedicine in carrying out the nursing process and delivering care to patients in remote areas. Telehealth encompasses telehealth, tele-practice, and telenursing which are all used interchangeably. Nursing who employ telehealth use various technologies includes Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), cameras, internet, and telephones to deliver remote care. Taking this into account, this paper aims at discussing telehealth and its impacts on nursing practice and the use of informatics knowledge and skills in the development of this assignment.

Rationale for Choosing the Topic

As aforementioned, the selected topic is telehealth. This topic has increasingly become popular in today’s healthcare and nursing sector. This popularity has been driven by the increased need to meet patient healthcare demands in an efficient manner whilst at the same accommodating the constantly evolving and advancing the modernization of healthcare information technologies (van Houwelingen, Moerman, Ettema, Kort, & ten Cate, 2016). According to Mataxen and Webb (2019), around 25% of US population has no access to basic primary care. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) results in an upsurge in the number of patients seeking access to quality primary care. This increase resulted in subsequent constraint of healthcare resources, including human, financial resources among others. One key challenge facing the healthcare system is the shortage of nursing staff and primary care providers..Please click the Paypal icon below to purchase full solution for only $10