Healthcare Management Blogs: Change, EHR, Nursing, and Patient Care

This homework assignment presents two blog posts addressing key aspects of healthcare management. The first blog emphasizes the importance of implementing change within healthcare organizations for staff and organizational development, highlighting the need for staff-centered approaches and direct involvement to overcome resistance. It stresses the value of self-reflection for managers and staff, advocating for training and opportunities for reflection to incorporate staff views in the change process. The second blog focuses on the integration of electronic health records (EHR) as a prerequisite for quality patient care, emphasizing the importance of patient data security and privacy. It acknowledges the risk of unauthorized access and suggests strict authorization, nursing autonomy, and organizational privacy measures. The assignment also provides a bibliography of relevant sources.

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Blog 1
Implementation of change in the management of healthcare organization is essential for
staff and organization growth and development1. In criticism, it must be noted that change is
often met with resistance and apprehension especially when there is a lack of staff centered
approaches and direct staff involvement2. Self-reflection has been regarded as beneficial for
initiating change behavior. In criticism, change without incorporation of staff participation and
empowerment would be unproductive3. Hence, self-reflection must involve managers to assist
staff in self-reflection and empowerment by providing training and opportunity of reflection and
incorporation of staff views in the change process4.
Blog 2
The use of electronic health records (EHR) is currently being considered now a
prerequisite for deliverance of quality patient care. By maintaining electronic records of patient
details using quality information technology systems, EHR documentation ensures patient
security and privacy5. In criticism, unauthorized EHR access can result in unwanted access to
1 Erkutlu, Hakan, and Jamel Chafra. "Value congruence and commitment to change in healthcare
organizations." Journal of Advances in Management Research 13, no. 3 (2016): 316-333.
2 Jensen, Johan Høy, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Janne Skakon, Naja Hulvej Rod, and Jens Peter Bonde.
"Longitudinal associations between organizational change, work-unit social capital, and employee exit from the
work unit among public healthcare workers: a mediation analysis." Scandinavian journal of work, environment &
health 45, no. 1 (2018): 53-62.
3 Eriksson, Gerd, Tina Wahlström Bergstedt, and Christina Melin-Johansson. "The need for palliative care
education, support, and reflection among rural nurses and other staff: A quantitative study." Palliative & supportive
care 13, no. 2 (2015): 265-274.
4 Gavine, Anna, Steve MacGillivray, Mary J. Renfrew, Lindsay Siebelt, Haggi Haggi, and Alison
McFadden. "Education and training of healthcare staff in the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to work
effectively with breastfeeding women: a systematic review." International breastfeeding journal 12, no. 1 (2016): 6.
5 Lodhi, Muhammad K., Rashid Ansari, Yingwei Yao, Gail M. Keenan, Diana J. Wilkie, and Ashfaq
Khokhar. "A framework to predict outcome for cancer patients using data from a nursing EHR." In 2016 IEEE
International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), pp. 3387-3395. IEEE, 2016.

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personal data and feelings of mistrust and agitation due to breach in privacy6. To combat the
same, strict authorized and nursing autonomy must be granted coupled with ensuring
organizational privacy among every staff and patient. Inculcating training on EHR usage would
aid in alleviation of quality deficits and improve nurse-patient communication7.
6 O'brien, Ann, Charlotte Weaver, Mary L. Hook, and Catherine H. Ivory. "EHR documentation: the hype
and the hope for improving nursing satisfaction and quality outcomes." Nursing administration quarterly 39, no. 4
(2015): 333-339.
7 Whitt, Karen J., Lacey Eden, Katreena Collette Merrill, and Mckenna Hughes. "Nursing student
experiences regarding safe use of electronic health records: a pilot study of the Safety and Assurance Factors for
EHR Resilience guides." CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 35, no. 1 (2017): 45-53.

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Bibliography
Eriksson, Gerd, Tina Wahlström Bergstedt, and Christina Melin-Johansson. "The need for
palliative care education, support, and reflection among rural nurses and other staff: A
quantitative study." Palliative & supportive care 13, no. 2 (2015): 265-274.
Erkutlu, Hakan, and Jamel Chafra. "Value congruence and commitment to change in healthcare
organizations." Journal of Advances in Management Research 13, no. 3 (2016): 316-333.
Jensen, Johan Høy, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Janne Skakon, Naja Hulvej Rod, and Jens Peter
Bonde. "Longitudinal associations between organizational change, work-unit social capital, and
employee exit from the work unit among public healthcare workers: a mediation
analysis." Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health 45, no. 1 (2018): 53-62.
Lodhi, Muhammad K., Rashid Ansari, Yingwei Yao, Gail M. Keenan, Diana J. Wilkie, and
Ashfaq Khokhar. "A framework to predict outcome for cancer patients using data from a nursing
EHR." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), pp. 3387-3395. IEEE,
2016.
O'brien, Ann, Charlotte Weaver, Mary L. Hook, and Catherine H. Ivory. "EHR documentation:
the hype and the hope for improving nursing satisfaction and quality outcomes." Nursing
administration quarterly 39, no. 4 (2015): 333-339.