How Nurse Leaders Can Use Information Technology to Improve Nursing Practices

“HOW NURSE LEADERS CAN USE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO
IMPROVE NURSING PRACTICES THAT
SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN POSITIVE
PATIENT OUTCOMES”
Informatics and the Application of New
Knowledge
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation

Introduction
 Let’s look at introduction on information
technology for improved patient care
outcome.
 Improved patient outcome is driven by
transformative policies like the Health
information Technologies for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH).

Introduction continuation
 This paper highlights Health Information
Technology usage in improving the
safety, efficiency and the quality of the
patient care outcomes.

Example of a nursing
practice
 There has been increased number of
older people and their expectancy.
 These older people posses more than one
chronic illnesses and frequently visit
providers of healthcare.
 Their health outcome has been improving
for the past two years.