Nursing Informatics Assignment: Healthcare Informatics Systems Report

This report reflects on the implementation of healthcare informatics systems, specifically focusing on a Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system used in a clinical setting. It identifies three key implementation strategies: building consensus among stakeholders, providing comprehensive training to staff, and establishing effective leadership. The report also outlines two essential education strategies for staff, including hands-on training and education on privacy and confidentiality. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of post-implementation support through formative feedback and system maintenance. The conclusion highlights that successful implementation requires stakeholder consensus, proper training, and strong leadership. This paper also includes references from credible sources to support the arguments. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities in implementing health informatics systems in healthcare settings. The report also includes the use of APA guidelines.

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Introduction/reflection on implementation of health care informatics systems:
In today’s health system, health informatics has become a new resource for staffs to
integrate patient data and use this accurately to improve care decisions for patient. During my
practice as a nurse in one of the emergency hospital, I also got the opportunity to use one of the
health informatics systems, a Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) during care delivery.
Although I need few orientation training to accurate use CPOE, however I found it to be very
effective in reducing my workload. It helped me to easily verify medication record of patient and
enhance internal communication related to any medication administration issues. The advantage
of this technology is that it supported quick decision support by giving alert to staffs about drug
interactions and dosage related problems.
Three implementation strategies for informatics
To promote successful use and adaption of any new informatics in health care system,
three implementation strategies are necessary. Firstly, building professional, managerial and
administrative consensus regarding the need for implementation of informatics system is crucial
to support realization of the vision for use of informatics systems like electronic health records.
This is essential to ensure participation of all different stakeholders in the implementation
process (Cresswell, Bates & Sheikh, 2013). Secondly, training users or staffs regarding the use of
new technology is crucial to promote successful integration of health informatics in clinical
setting. The purpose of training is to support staffs to become familiar with the interface and
develop understanding about system capabilities of the target system. Effective training includes
tailoring to the individual role of users and giving users hands-on exposure to the system.
Training is linked to user satisfaction, better attitude towards the new technology and better

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utilization of the system (Bredfeldt et al., 2013). The third crucial factor for effective
implementation of health informatics includes proper leadership. Effective leadership is crucial
during implementation of health informatics because this would help in building appropriate
organization culture on uptake of the target system (Ingebrigtsen et al., 2014). The above
strategies may help to address barriers like staff resistance, privacy and confidentiality issues,
lack of technical knowledge and lack of infrastructure issues during successful implementation
of the technology.
Two education strategies for staffs:
The first education strategy that can be given to staff is hands-on information skills
training regarding use of any health informatics. The advantage of hand-on tailored training is
that it can increase staffs comfort and confidence in use of the system. The second education that
is important is privacy and confidentiality related information. This form of training can reduce
privacy and security concerns and make users aware about notable security techniques like cloud
computing and antivirus software (Cresswell, Bates & Sheikh, 2013)
After implementation support:
After the implementation of health informatics, users must be given support by taking
formative feedback from them and understanding the problems faced by them even after training.
This would lead to maintenance work and upgradation of the system in case of any disruptive
experiences (Cresswell, Bates & Sheikh, 2013).

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Conclusion:
To conclude, health informatics can be successfully implemented only when all
stakeholders achieve consensus on use of the system, proper training is given to staffs and the
leaders take crucial steps to integrate it in daily care. However, long term success depends on
regular evaluation of the system and making regular maintenance of health informatics system

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References:
Bredfeldt, C. E., Awad, E. B., Joseph, K., & Snyder, M. H. (2013). Training providers: beyond
the basics of electronic health records. BMC health services research, 13, 503.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-503
Cresswell, K. M., Bates, D. W., & Sheikh, A. (2013). Ten key considerations for the successful
implementation and adoption of large-scale health information technology. Journal of the
American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 20(e1), e9–e13.
https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001684
Ingebrigtsen, T., Georgiou, A., Clay-Williams, R., Magrabi, F., Hordern, A., Prgomet, M., ... &
Braithwaite, J. (2014). The impact of clinical leadership on health information technology
adoption: systematic review. International journal of medical informatics, 83(6), 393-
405.