HIT Projects and Decision Makers
A nurse leader sought to implement greater security in the children’s wing of the hospital by installing a new alarm and monitoring system. Due to budget constraints, the CNO rejected the proposal, stating that current security methods were sufficient. Shortly after this failed proposal, an individual did in fact breach the children’s wing security and abducted a young child. Thankfully, the child was found and returned to her parents; and the CNO quickly found the money to install the new security system.
Not all HIT projects have such high-profile stakes. The main takeaway from this example is the importance of getting key stakeholders and decision makers on board when planning a new HIT project.
To prepare:
Bring to mind a HIT project implemented in your organization. Which leaders identified the project? Which stakeholders and decision makers helped moved the project forward?
Consider methods that were used to garner the support of stakeholders and decision makers to move the project forward.
By tomorrow Wednesday 09/20/17, write a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 references from the list in the instructions area. Include the level one headings as numbered below:
post a cohesive response that addresses the following:
1) Describe an example of a HIT project implemented at your organization and analyze how that project was identified and moved forward. (HIT stands for Health Information Technology, pick one that was implemented in the hospital. One project that comes to my mind is when my hospital upgraded their EHR system from MEDITECH to EPIC system).
2) Evaluate the impact of key decision makers on moving the HIT project forward.
Required Readings
Course Text: Ball, M. J., Douglas, J. V., Hinton Walker, P., DuLong, D., Gugerty, B., Hannah, K. J., . . . Troseth, M. R. (Eds.) (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet (4th ed.). London, England: Springer-Verlag.
Chapter 17, “Disruptive Innovation: Point of Care”
This chapter uses real-world integration examples to illustrate the visions and challenges that characterize Smart Point of Care systems.
Course Text: American Nurses Association. (2008). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice. Silver Spring, MD: Author.
“Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice” (pp. 67-79)
This excerpt presents the specific measurement criteria found within each nursing informatics standard.
Madsen, M. (2010). Knowledge and information modeling. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 84-103.
Within this article, the overall design models of information systems are linked to the metastructures, data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.
Peleg, M. (2011). The role of modeling in clinical information system development life cycle. Methods of Information in Medicine, 50(1), 7-10.
The author of this article discusses the role of conceptual modeling in health information technology systems and how it has been an effective component of system development.
Philip, A., Afolabi, B., Adeniran, O., Oluwatolani, O., & Ishaya, G. (2010). Towards an efficient information systems development process and management: A review of challenges and proposed strategies. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 3(10), 983-989.
This article examines the phases and methodologies found within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and proposes a framework for establishing the crucial roles that participants must play during the SDLC.
Szydlowski, S., & Smith, C. (2009). Perspectives from nurse leaders and chief information officers on health information technology implementation. Hospital Topics, 87(1), 3-9.
Qualitative research is used in this article to examine the trends, goals, outcomes, barriers, and mistakes that hospital leaders may experience when implementing health information technology systems.
Required Media
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Transforming nursing and healthcare through technology: Systems analysis. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.
The presenters in this week’s media presentation outline the stages involved when implementing a new technology system.
Optional Resources
Burgess, L., & Sargent, J. (2007). Enhancing user acceptance of mandated mobile health information systems: The ePOC (electronic Point-Of-Care Project) experience. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 129(Pt 2), 1088-1092.