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See all the wonderful things Roberta Logsdon has made

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Ava Porter The most interesting thing that I will take away from this class is the variety of media that can be used for learning.  It is very exciting to see the different multiple choice, interactive games, Wiki, Padlet, Prezi and others  that are available for instruction.  It makes me wish that we had more technology available when I was in school.  I believe that our children will be much more computer and technology savvy with the amount of exposure that they have to technology.

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Ava Porter The most interesting thing that I will take away from this class is the variety of media that can be used for learning.  It is very exciting to see the different multiple choice, interactive games, Wiki, Padlet, Prezi and others  that are available for instruction.  It makes me wish that we had more technology available when I was in school.  I believe that our children will be much more computer and technology savvy with the amount of exposure that they have to technology.

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 Virginia Andrews I have recently been assigned to a task force to improve the patient   experience through the enhancement of the patient portal.
One of the goals of this task force is to improve HCAHPS Care transitions
scores. I was very apprehensive when I was first assigned to this team but have
learned how to communicate using various social media technologies.  I have learned that effectively using
informatics to know what’s going on with the patient and to assist with the
ongoing needs of the discharged patient places the nurses in a unique position
to make a difference in the patients’ health and wellness

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 Virginia Andrews I have recently been assigned to a task force to improve the patient   experience through the enhancement of the patient portal.
One of the goals of this task force is to improve HCAHPS Care transitions
scores. I was very apprehensive when I was first assigned to this team but have
learned how to communicate using various social media technologies.  I have learned that effectively using
informatics to know what’s going on with the patient and to assist with the
ongoing needs of the discharged patient places the nurses in a unique position
to make a difference in the patients’ health and wellness

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Barriers
to Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Nigist Balla 

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Barriers
to Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Nigist Balla 

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During researching barriers to Telehealth/Telemedicine I learnt that we still have some ways to go in this field. Some barriers observed were involving legislature, reimbursement, quality of service, standard of practice, privacy and security. Laws and scope of practice of differ from state to state and there are no set guidelines. Reimbursements are inconsistent nationwide and can be affected by type of provider or service provided. A set standard of practice has not been established and quality of service can be affected by broadband connection, interoperability of systems and devices. Observing HIPAA laws when dealing with PHI is necessary in addition to using encryption, firewalls, or password protection on devices and programs. Therefore legislators, healthcare policymakers, patients and providers have to work together to come up with laws that regulate services and reimbursement policies. They should also be involved in the design of frameworks for Telehealth/Telemedicine programs and delivery systems. In addition, privacy and security education is also needed to ensure devices are safe for use and privacy protocols are maintained on both patient and provider end. Remaining challenges include the fact that as technology continues to evolve Telehealth/Telemedicine needs to catch up with providing better connectivity/broadband, delivery systems, tools and programs. Health systems also need to be customized to the patient’s needs encouraging more collaboration between healthcare professionals to maintain the quality of care

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Melanie Callaway

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Melanie Callaway- as I reflect on this course, I learned how nursing informatics can encompass areas in which I have never considered such as robotics and genomics. Rapidly changing technology and integration with healthcare systems makes this field vital to nursing and patient care. It was surprising to see the role that social media also plays in patients healthcare information and influence on their decision making.  Nursing documentation is essential to the patient record and is one area which possesses many benefits to care yet, has several opportunities for improvement. The most important solution for improvement in this area is for the bedside nurse to become engaged in informatics and participate and give feedback during system development and advancement. 

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Melanie Callaway- as I reflect on this course, I learned how nursing informatics can encompass areas in which I have never considered such as robotics and genomics. Rapidly changing technology and integration with healthcare systems makes this field vital to nursing and patient care. It was surprising to see the role that social media also plays in patients healthcare information and influence on their decision making.  Nursing documentation is essential to the patient record and is one area which possesses many benefits to care yet, has several opportunities for improvement. The most important solution for improvement in this area is for the bedside nurse to become engaged in informatics and participate and give feedback during system development and advancement. 

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Even though I work in informatics I felt that I took away a lot of new information and ways to communicate with others from the class. Prior to the class I had never done a flip grid or wiki. It allowed my to show my 12 year old something new for a change. Another example of how technology quickly changes.

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I wrote my paper related to a EMR project that I recently worked on. We converted a paper insulin calculation workflow into an electronic one. In evaluating the process we found more errors on paper than we were expecting to find.  Converting the process to electronic removed a lot of the possibility for human error out of the equation.
The response from nursing was positive, but it was the nurses in a high profile unit that really didn't think that they needed a safer process. However, it was their unit that the amount of errors was discovered.

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Prior to taking this course, only nursing informatics I have been exposed to is the EMR. After taking this course, I have realized how complicated EMR system is and how some solution in the EMR is not as simple as it seems to someone that is not familiar with informatics. Ever since I have been a nurse, I have been exposed to EMR. It is easy for a nurse to began to rely heavily on it to perform their care, but it is also important to always be on alert with critical thinking and judgement. Although HIT can slow down my patient care, overall, benefits outweighs the disadvantages. For example, a patient needed 1 liter of normal saline bolused, but when a nurse went to grab the solution, it was actually D5W. Nurse grabbed the solution from the right place, but some how, it got to a wrong place. In a hurry, the nurse didn't check the bag, but when she scanned the solution, it showed an alert saying it was the wrong solution. Thanks to this technology, a medication error was avoided.

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Pamela Burkett
Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap.  This is where we are headed.

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Interesting image which shows what nursing may be one day with the development of further technology.

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NUR 516 is an enjoyable learning experience for me. Learning how to create health apps, and be able to communicate using various social media technologies such as Flipgrid, tweeter and Facebook was not only fun, but I also realized that these are quick and easy way to spread information like wild fire. Aside from all these fun stuff, the most significant thing I learned is how big the nurses’ role is, as healthcare is being transformed by application of computer and information technologies.  As nurses become power users of information technology in their daily nursing practice, nurses have to acquire informatics competencies, as outlined by the American Nurses Association nursing informatics competency goals, in order to function effectively and be able to use informatics technology in a meaningful way. Being able to effectively use informatics to know what’s going on with the patient, the labs and radiology results, care plan, work flow, best practice and more, I think nurses are uniquely positioned to make a difference in improving the patient’s health and wellness as we keep technology centered on the patient.

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Informatics is more than the EHR and this class dived deeper in to what informatics provides for health care. My paper I just completed discussed how specialty providers are in high enough demand already let alone if you live in a rural setting. So how informatics and telemedicine work along side one another to bring the specialtist to the rural care hospitals. Nurses need to know the background and the effort to accomplish such great tasks so that they can truly be appreciated.

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Nursing informatics in the last decade has exploded. I have learned that healthcare would not be able to exist today without it. Learning about CMS meaningful Use was a new concept for me. I had not idea that the CMS was regulating the merge of EHRs into the medical field in 3 stages. Health Informatics does not just begin and stop with EHR. Electronic bar code scanning, E-visits, and E-presciptions have all emerged from the development of technology to enhance patient safety and quality. 

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Nursing informatics in the last decade has exploded. I have learned that healthcare would not be able to exist today without it. Learning about CMS meaningful Use was a new concept for me. I had not idea that the CMS was regulating the merge of EHRs into the medical field in 3 stages. Health Informatics does not just begin and stop with EHR. Electronic bar code scanning, E-visits, and E-presciptions have all emerged from the development of technology to enhance patient safety and quality. 

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Jessie Bergman

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Telemedicine Improving Stroke Care

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Windy Stanley Thompson

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As I reflect on this course I realize that nursing informatics is a part of nursing which will be growing in the future. It is important to realize that with increased technology also comes increase risk for adverse events to occur. As a nurses we need to continue to use critical thinking skills and know when to question if what technology is suggesting is accurate---technology is a tool and should never replace human response.

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Valerie Smith

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Please post 1 padlet on information you have learned when doing your research topic of informatics. 

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Please post 1 padlet on information you have learned when doing your research topic of informatics. 

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Add your name- Logsdon

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The purpose of this Padlet is for you to critically reflect on this course and your growth related to course objectives and competencies.
Have a great rest of your summer.
Bobbi Logsdon