Technology Are On The Rise And Ioms Recommendation Of...

Informatics Ayva Rodriguez Felician College NURS 330 Christine Lawrence October 14, 2014 Technology are on the rise and IOMs’ recommendation of informatics in the aspects of nursing care that can improve how interdisciplinary team member communicate to each other, managing knowledge and information, making decision and reducing errors (Greiner Knebel, 2003, p. 62). Communication is the interaction among people and the exchange of ideas, opinions and feelings whether it is verbal or non-verbal (Kourkouta Papathanasiou, 2014, p. 65) such as through documentation or email (Nursing Informatics, 2014). Additionally informatics focused on documentation to improve how the involved healthcare members communicate to one another. And†¦show more content†¦211). Good communication will reduce errors and improve nurses’ efficiency in patient care (Cipriano, 2011, p. 286). In my clinical experience electronic medical records greatly improved how interdisciplinary health team member communicate timely and effectively. And with the data entered or any prescription made were clearly written and understood that resulted in error reduction and better patient care. For example an updated patient skin condition assessment helped in the prevention of pressure ulcer (Weston Roberts, 2013). Patients with cancer can use technology in dealing with family responsibility and at the same time keeping track of chemo or radiation treatment appointments. With internet communication, cancer patient can asked assistance to family and friends in the comfort of their home or even in the hospital without the risk of exposing themselves to sick people. There are software available that can make a calendar on what are the day to day help needed and that can be viewed online by family and friends who are able to help the patient (Snyder et al., 2011, p. 214). Factors associated with medication errors such as interrupted nurses, look-alike medication, wrong dosage given, wrong computation, nurses are multitasking or misleading hand written instructions (Jones, 2009, p. 41-46) can be prevented by the