Decision Support and Innovative Informatics Tools “Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.” – Bill Gates (as cited in Frazer, 2007)
Technological innovations are dramatically changing how the health care industry operates. One example of this change is the transformation of gaming systems and virtual worlds into effective health care devices. Today’s gaming systems are capable of strengthening motor skills during rehabilitation, while virtual worlds promote a form of nonjudgmental communication and self-confidence for those patients who suffer from physical and mental limitations. Innovations such as these have been well received as they promote health in a positive and entertaining way. In this week’s Discussion, you appraise how these innovations can enhance health care practices. Focus on analyzing innovations with which you may be unfamiliar. For example, you may choose to look at the fields of decision support, robotics, telehealth, and nanotechnologies.
NURS8210 Week 7 DQ – Decision Support and Innovative Informatics Tools
- Review the information and websites listed in the Learning Resources focusing on decision support and technological innovations in the health care field.
- Using credible resources, investigate decisions support systems or other innovations that are in their in today’s health care market.
- Select a specific technological innovation to share with your classmates.
- Develop a description of your selected decision support system or technology innovation as if you were making a presentation to an interdisciplinary team at your practice.
- Include the potential benefits and challenges that this new system could bring to health care practices and the effect it could have on outcomes.
- Evaluate the usability challenges that you faced during implementation as well as the factors that caused these challenges.
- Determine whether these challenges were a result of implementation or design.
- Formulate strategies for overcoming these usability challenges.
NURS8210 Week 7 DQ – Decision Support and Innovative Informatics Tools
- Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.
- Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
- Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.
- Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
- Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
- Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
| Criteria for Week 7 Initial DQ: Decision Support and Innovative Informatics Tools | Level I Heading | Comments |
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Innovative Technology | This is not a self-reflection assignment refrain from unnecessary use of first person |
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Benefits and Challenges | |
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Potential for Improving Patient Care Outcomes |
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