Introduction to Theory in Healthcare Informatics

Introduction to Theory in Healthcare Informatics

Part one: 

Discuss your current practice setting (I work on a cardiac unit)  and how informatics is involved in your practice. Include what work-related tasks you complete using healthcare informatics and what server your facility uses (We use epic) . Lastly, think of one or two topics for the Signature Assignment project (look ahead to Module 8 for details) you will complete during this course and provide a brief description.

Please provide a brief description of Electronic Health Records: as this would be the topic for my project

Part two:

Assignment:

Introduction to Theory in Healthcare Informatics

Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each number item. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Write an essay addressing the following prompts:

1. Electronic health records (EHRs) are easier to read than the paper charts of the past, but many complain that healthcare providers are focusing too much on the computer screen instead of the patient.
   • Is this due to lack of skill or training, poor computer system design, or just the nature of computer charting?
   • Is patient care suffering from the implementation of EHRs?
   • Charting in an EHR consist of clicking boxes, do you feel this provides enough detail about the patient, condition, and events if there was a law suit?
2. Hebda, Hunter and Czar (2019) identify three types of data that is currently being tracked by organizations (p. 46).
   • Identify and explain another type of data, specific to your practice, that is being tracked by an organization.
   • Why do you feel this data is important to track?
   • Identify and discuss the organization that is tracking the data.
   • Are there any ethical concerns with an outside organization tracking this data, explain and give examples?
3. In this week’s discussion post, you identified and explain the topic selected for the project.
   • Provide a description of your selected topic based on input from the discussion forum. What is your project, why is it relevant to this class, and why is it important to you?
   • Identify an informatics/healthcare theory from pages 29-30 of the textbook that aligns with the project and explain why.

Assignment Expectations: 

Length: 500 words per essay prompt/each section (1500 total for this assignment)

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment. All APA Papers should include an introduction and conclusion.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Attached are pages from the textbook to help with the assignment

 

 

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Introduction to Theory in Healthcare Informatics

Introduction

The field of healthcare informatics is an exciting one. It is responsible for improving patient care and has been growing rapidly in recent years. In this article, we will discuss how theory plays a role in healthcare informatics decision-making by providing a foundation for designers to build on top of.

In the field of health informatics, theory has been a driving force since its inception.

In the field of health informatics, theory has been a driving force since its inception. Theory provides guidance for designers and developers who must translate their ideas into specific recommendations for systems development. It also acts as an important source of knowledge that can be used by clinicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals in making decisions about how to improve patient care or maintain quality improvement efforts within organizations.

A person’s understanding of how healthcare informatics works to improve patient care is based on previous knowledge and understanding.

Theory is a way of understanding something. It is based on previous knowledge, experiences and observations.

Theory helps us make sense of the world around us by providing us with explanations for events and situations which may be hard to understand. For example: how do you explain the weather? In order to answer this question we need theory because without it there would be no way of explaining why it rains or why snow falls in winter; we could just say “it happens” but that wouldn’t help much!

Theories allow us to predict future events by looking at past occurrences; for example if you know what happened last week then this will give you an indication about what might happen next week as well as giving clues about what might happen next month etcetera…

To design an improved system, the person has to make judgments about what should be done based on their own opinions and ideas.

To design an improved system, the person has to make judgments about what should be done based on their own opinions and ideas. This is why theory is so important in healthcare informatics. Theory provides a framework for decision-making by providing rules or guidelines that help us understand the world better and make better decisions.

Theory can also be used to guide decisions by helping us explain why things happen as they do, whether this is because of chance or fate (or even magic), or whether it’s due to human action—for example, when we use drugs to treat disease; or when we perform surgery on someone who needs treatment but doesn’t want it; or when doctors prescribe antibiotics after seeing a patient with pneumonia symptoms but without any other signs of illness such as fever etcetera…

Theories provide a road map to guide these decisions, if they were based on predetermined rules then there would be no need for theories.

Theories provide a road map to guide these decisions, if they were based on predetermined rules then there would be no need for theories. Theory is used to explain how things work and why they do so.

In this context, theory can be defined as:

• A set of statements describing how a system works or should work; a model that describes the operation of something (for example, the mechanics of a valve).

It’s important to note that theories are not always right but when used correctly they can provide valuable insight into systems design and development. This allows designers to translate their ideas into specific recommendations for systems development which helps ensure that your system meets its intended purpose!

Theories allow designers to translate their ideas into specific recommendations for systems development.

Theories are a guide to decision making. They provide a road map for designers to follow, helping them translate ideas into specific recommendations for systems development.

Theory is important because it allows designers to make decisions based on knowledge and experience, rather than relying solely on intuition or empirical evidence (which may be unreliable). Theory acts as a guide in decision making by providing an integrated framework that allows you to compare different options and determine which ones will be most effective at solving your problem(s).

Theory acts as a guide in decision-making.

Theory is used to make decisions. Theories allow designers to translate their ideas into specific recommendations for systems development, which can then be tested and evaluated against the data. If you don’t have a theory, then you have no basis for decision-making.

For example, let’s say that you want to create an online trading platform based on micro-credit loans. You might think that this would require lots of research before coming up with any concrete ideas about how best to proceed—but what if there were already existing theories out there? For example: maybe there’s an existing body of literature around microcredit methods in developing countries which suggests that small amounts over time can help alleviate poverty? Or maybe someone else has already done some work looking at ways we could improve the efficiency of our financial services industry? By using these existing theories as guides when making decisions about building our new platform (or improving any other part of healthcare informatics), we’re able identify opportunities where improvements could lead us closer towards achieving our goals faster than trying something completely different from what currently exists elsewhere in healthcare today

Conclusion

The gap between theory and practice is bridged by theory. Theories provide a road map for decision-making and help designers to translate their ideas into specific recommendations for systems development. They can be applied at different levels of abstraction in healthcare informatics; from the level of engineering design, through specification, implementation and testing phases, until end users are able to use the final system for their own purposes.