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MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Assessing Informatics Systems

Review the Technology Sales Pitch video presentation from this unit’s studies.

For this discussion, assume the role of a nurse leader who is taking part in the selection of a new system for your hospital. What is your assessment of the systems presented in the video?

What was your overall impression of the three systems? What factors influenced this impression?

What are your hospital’s informatics needs? Do these three proposals address them? If not, what questions would you ask of the sales representatives?

What are the specific informatics needs of your nursing staff? How would you rate these three systems based on their ability to fulfill those requirements? What additional information would you need in order to make a recommendation?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of a nursing colleague who also sits on the informatics systems selection committee.

Evaluate your colleague’s assessment of the presented systems. Some factors to include in your evaluation:

Does the nurse leader have a solid understanding of the needs of the nursing department and hospital overall?

Has your colleague identified what information is still needed from the prospective vendors? Are the questions effectively designed to obtain this information?

Would you make the same recommendations? Provide a rationale for your decision.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify the potential information security risks associated with a particular health technology.

Identify the information security safeguards inherent in a particular health technology.

Determine whether a technology solution is appropriate.

Establish criteria for evaluating the technology.

Determine business needs.

Identify technology stakeholders and end users.

DQ2 For this discussion, describe the role of health information technology on health communications.

Consider the following questions:

How does the combination of health information technology and communication increase the potential to:

Improve the quality and safety of patients?

Improve the health information infrastructure?

Help facilitate clinical and consumer decision making?

Encourage patient-centered quality care?

What are some emerging issues in health information technology and health communications?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of the nursing department head of a hospital with similar policies regarding information use and security. As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

How can the development of policy help to improve the impact of both health communications and health technology?

How can this technology facilitate cultural competence and help reach at-risk populations?

How can this technology help to improve health care disparities?

How can this technology be used to collect data to develop high levels of quality care?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify technology stakeholders and end users.

Establish criteria for evaluating the technology.

Identify applicable legal and ethical information security requirements.

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Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Information Use Case Study

For this discussion, review the Quality of Information Case Study video from this unit’s studies. Explain how you would approach each situation, as the head of the hospital nursing department.

Questions to consider include:

What does the law require you to do? What does your hospital policy require? Are these requirements congruent?

What is your responsibility to the patient? To the nurses? To the hospital?

What concrete steps will you take to address each situation? Is there more than one way to proceed? If so, why have you chosen your proposed course of action?

What training can you provide to ensure future compliance with confidentiality and privacy regulations?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of the nursing department head of a hospital with similar policies regarding information use and security. As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

Does your fellow learner’s post reflect an understanding of the hospital and legal requirements?

Have they considered the impact their decision will have on patients, the administration, and the nursing department?

Have they justified their chosen course of action?

What recommendations would you offer, if approached for advice in these situations?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify applicable legal and ethical information security requirements.

Identify the information security safeguards inherent in a telehealth technology.

Identify the potential information security risks associated with a telehealth technology.

DQ2 Cyberattacks

What is the nurse leader’s role in ensuring there are adequate information security regulations and policies in place to guard against a cyberattack?

Consider the following questions:

What cybersecurity software does your organization use? Is this software up to date so as to offer sufficient guard the organization against a cyberattack?

In the event of a cyberattack, what is the responsibility to the patients? To the organization?

What training can be provided to ensure staff are not opening the organization up to a cyberattack?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of the nursing department head of a hospital with similar policies regarding information use and security. As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

What can be done to safeguard health care organizations against cyberattacks?

Who is responsible for a breach in data security?

Do there need to be stiffer penalties for cyberattackers and organizations that do not guard against cyberattacks?

What is the responsibility to the patients whose data has been breached?

What recommendations would you offer if approached for advice in these situations?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine whether a technology solution is appropriate.

Determine business needs.

Identify the information security safeguards inherent in a particular health technology.

Identify the potential information security risks associated with a particular health technology.

Identify applicable legal and ethical information security requirements.

Establish criteria for evaluating the technology.

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Unit 3 Discussion

Organizational Readiness Assessment

Before undertaking any technology implementation, it is important to conduct a readiness assessment. Use the Organizational Readiness Assessment document, linked in the Resources, from Stratis Health’s “Health Information Technology Toolkit for Critical Access and Small Hospitals – Section 1.” Adapt this document to assess the level of preparation at your organization.

Attach the assessment to your discussion and analyze your findings. Explain what your organization has done to prepare for the areas in which it is rated highly, and propose potential steps for improvement in areas that do not score well.

Response Guidelines

Review your colleague’s readiness assessment and compare it to the one you have created for your organization:

Are there areas in which both organizations score highly?

Are there areas in which both need improvement?

Is one institution far better prepared for a technology implementation, based on the assessment?

Are there any steps or techniques that you could implement at your institution to improve readiness based on your colleague’s review of their own organization?

Are there any steps that have worked well at your organization that you would recommend your colleague attempt at their own organization?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify organizational goals.

Determine the influence that stakeholders and end users can have on organizational change.

Determine business needs.

Identify technology stakeholders and end users.

Identify performance issues or gaps.

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Unit 4 Discussion

DQ1 Usability

Place yourself in the role of the informaticist. Select a system that is used in your department and imagine that you have been charged with conducting a usability test on that system.

Write a discussion post in which you consider the following:

Discuss the usability test you would employ, and why.

Compare and contrast your selected method with at least two other options for usability testing. What advantages and disadvantages exist among the three?

Response Guidelines

Assess your fellow learner’s approach to usability testing.

Would you have employed the same technique?

What factors would you need to consider in order to choose the type of testing you would use?

Compare the usability technique you would employ to one other technique that your colleague has not considered.

What are the benefits and drawbacks of these two techniques for testing your colleague’s system?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine how end users might react to the technology.

Identify the factors affecting end user acceptance of technology.

DQ2 Usability of Clinical Information Systems

Identify a clinical information system (CIS) that you currently use, such as electronic health records (EHRs), or lab, radiology, pharmacy, or decision-support applications. Consider how the design of the CIS affects its usability.

Do end users utilize the CIS easily or experience difficulty?

What features of the CIS are difficult for end users?

How does CIS usability affect compliance, patient safety, and quality of care?

Response Guidelines

As you contemplate your response, consider the different types of CIS used in your current clinical setting.

Consider how the design of the CIS affects end users’ usability of the application.

Consider features such as overall visual quality, screen colors, clarity, and workflow.

The design should complement workflow for end users. Overall compliance should be monitored for end users and potential errors associated with ineffective utilization of the CIS.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify the factors affecting end user acceptance of technology.

Determine how the technology will affect quality and safety.

Determine how end users might react to the technology.

Determine the capabilities of the technology to address key outcomes.

Identify the key outcomes the technology is intended to address.

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Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Strategic Planning for Technology

Discuss your organization’s mission, goals, objectives, and strategy.

Does your organization specifically address technology in the text of their mission, goals, objectives, and strategy?

How are decisions about current technology supporting or detracting from this?

Use data from your organization to support your assertions. If you cannot access the necessary data, use data from a similar organization with similar results. Include relevant data as an attachment to the discussion.

If health information technology is not specifically addressed, what steps could you take, as a nurse leader, to have it integrated into the organization’s mission, goals, objectives, and strategy? What would change if they included a focus on technology? Use data from other organizations that integrate technology use into their mission, goals, objectives, and strategy to support your assertions. Include relevant data as an attachment to the discussion.

Response Guidelines

Review the data your colleague has provided with their discussion. Based on your interpretation of the data:

Would you have reached the same conclusions about the role technology can play in their hospital’s mission, goals, objectives, and strategy?

What are some of the benefits or drawbacks they did not mention?

How do the outcomes at your colleague’s hospital (or the hospital they provided information for) compare to the outcomes at your organization?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify the key outcomes the technology is intended to address.

Determine the capabilities of the technology to address key outcomes.

MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 6 Discussion

DQ1 Gathering Accurate Information

With the advent of the Internet and electronic databases, patients have access to medical data and advice from many sources. Unfortunately, not all of these sources provide accurate information. As a nurse leader, part of your role will be to train your nurses so they can educate their patients about the appropriate use of information.

Remember, it is important to consider the information resources that different cultural groups will be likely to access, and to develop a training curriculum that assists your nurses in engaging with diverse patient beliefs and experiences.

What type of training would you design for your nurses?

What considerations would need to be included in the curriculum?

How will you train for cultural competence?

What are the consequences of patients accessing inaccurate information?

Provide at least one real-world example of patient misinformation having a negative effect on treatment. This can be an example from your practice setting or from research you have conducted.

What are at least three examples of Internet resources you would direct your nurses and their patients to utilize? How do you know these resources are reliable?

Include the links the three Internet resources in the text portion of your post.

Response Guidelines

Review the three Internet resources your colleague has identified as reliable sources of medical information. Factors to be considered include, but are not limited to: usability, depth, breadth, and accuracy of information.

Would you direct patients to these sites? Why or why not?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify staff members who need training.

Identify the target audience for ongoing training and technical support.

Determine training requirements and appropriate training strategies.

DQ2 Transitions of Care

The movement of patients through the various health care settings has become a topic of safety focusing on improving communication skills and providing accurate patient data to ensure patient safety and appropriate levels of care to help the patient reach positive health outcomes. The Joint Commission, in collaboration with other health care organizations, has developed technology programs to assist in these efforts. For this discussion:

Identify and discuss two specific aspects of care transition programs focused on the use of technology.

An example might be the transfer of a patient from inpatient care to a rehabilitation unit after cardiac surgery.

Discuss how these initiatives ensure patient safety, develop an organizational culture of safety, and meet standards of care.

Response Guidelines

As you contemplate your response, consider your practice environment and personal experience in using technology in interacting with patients, or members of the interprofessional team. What are the constraints and possible barriers you have identified in using this approach to care or communication?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify the technical factors affecting technology integration.

Determine how end users might react to the technology.

Identify the factors affecting end user acceptance of technology.

Determine the best approach to implementation.

Determine how staff members will use the technology.

MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 7 Discussion

Continuity Planning Case Study

Review the Continuity Case Study video presentation from this unit’s studies. Assume you are a member of the planning committee for the 12-hour down-time event. After reviewing the case study, address the following questions in your discussion post:

How would you prepare for the planned technology outage?

How would workflow need to be adjusted while the systems are down?

How would your nurses retrieve and record information during an outage?

How would privacy regulations continue to be upheld?

When and by whom would that information be uploaded after the technology outage?

How would you communicate this information about changes in procedure to the nurses in your department?

How would you address an outage that lasted longer than had been predicted?

What additional resources would your department need?

How would you access them?

How would a shift change during a technology outage affect the workflow?

What procedures should your nurses follow in making that transition?

Response Guidelines

Imagine you are the CEO of the hospital. Evaluate your colleague’s plan for addressing a technology outage and their response to an extended blackout situation.

Was the nurse leader effective in planning for the technology outage?

Are there any additional steps you would have wanted them to take?

Did the nurse leader handle the situation appropriately once the outage was unexpectedly extended?

Were there additional steps that should have been taken?

Was information handled properly, based on their response?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Measure technology performance and outcomes.

Identify the factors affecting ongoing maintenance and support.

Identify existing IT networks, hardware, and software.

MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 8 Discussion

DQ1 Website Assessment

Explore your organization’s website and address the following questions.

What resources are provided?

What is missing?

What tools and information would make the site a more effective resource for either internal or external clients?

Be sure to include the Web address of your organization in your post.

Response Guidelines

Before you read your colleague’s post, visit their organization’s website. Explore the website, making note of what resources are provided, what is missing, and what suggestions you would make as a nurse if you were consulted on the design. After you have assessed the website, compare your critique with that of your colleague’s. Then compare your organization’s website with the website of your colleague’s organization.

What aspects of both websites are effective?

What would you change?

Does your colleague’s website include resources that you would suggest your organization adopt?

Does your website include resources that would benefit your colleague’s organization?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify success factors.

Determine the typical use or application of the technology.

Identify the intended users.

Determine the general or specific purpose of the technology.

DQ2 Using Websites to Assist With Patient Education

Explore a website or application that could assist a patient with managing their health.

Do you think the site provides enough tools to assist the patient?

Does it follow guidelines from a reputable organization?

Is it easy to use?

For what age group is the site intended?

Response Guidelines

Assess the website or application that your colleague evaluated. How does your assessment compare with that of your colleague? As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

What resources or features of the website or application are useful and effective?

What would you change?

Is the site or application user friendly?

Is the site or application age-group appropriate?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine the typical use or application of the technology.

Identify the intended users.

Determine the general or specific purpose of the technology.

MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 9 Discussion

Training Evaluation

In order to plan a successful training program, it can be instructive to reflect on unsuccessful or ineffective training experiences. For this discussion, describe the least effective professional training you have undergone in the nursing or health care field; it does not need to be related to IT.

What did not work?

What would you change if you were to conduct that same training now?

Discuss the desired outcomes for a training workshop and the steps you would implement to realize those objectives.

Response Guidelines

Evaluate your colleague’s plan to improve the ineffective training.

Will their proposed techniques address the deficiencies or missteps of the original training?

What other suggestions would you make if you were co-designing this training with your colleague?

Can you suggest additional desired outcomes for a training workshop that your colleague has not addressed?

What challenges must be considered?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify success factors.

Determine training requirements and appropriate training strategies.

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Unit 10 Discussion

DQ1 Evidence-Based Research

Select a scholarly journal article on evidence-based research that supports the use of technology in hospital settings.

Summarize the findings of the article.

Explain how nurse leaders can use literature and data to support the decision-making process for technology adoption and implementation.

Response Guidelines

Reflect on findings of your colleague and compare them to the literature you reviewed. Are there discrepancies in the findings?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify evidence-based information that can be used to inform the decision-making process for technology adoption and implementation.

DQ2 Course Reflection

Address the following questions:

Have your views of technology use in clinical settings changed from the beginning of this course? What evidence has been most influential in informing your views?

What are the benefits and drawbacks to technology implementation, based on the research literature, your course materials, and your field experience this quarter?

What questions remain unanswered for you about health care quality and safety management?

Response Guidelines

As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

Are your colleagues’ views of technology use in clinical settings similar to, or different from, yours?

Have you noticed any general themes or patterns emerge in your colleagues’ responses to the discussion questions?

What suggestions might you offer regarding additional resources or support related to health care informatics and technology?

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Unit 3 Assignment

Technology Needs Assessment

Professional Context

Nurse leaders play a key role in the decision-making processes associated with the purchase of a health information technology and any subsequent technology upgrades and improvements. A thorough and accurate needs assessment establishes a foundation for evaluating the overall value to an organization of the various technologies that can be used to support nursing and improve patient care.

The needs assessment you will conduct in this unit enables you to take a systematic approach to developing knowledge about a new or upgraded telehealth technology that would impact nursing practice. The needs assessment also identifies assessment work that may already have been completed and any gaps that still exist and must be addressed. The goals of completing the needs assessment are to:

Identify gaps in practice that must be addressed to improve patient care.

Understand the nature and scope of needed changes and identify associated opportunities and challenges.

Enable a thoughtful and systematic approach to change implementation and management.

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to work through the needs assessment process and present your findings in a way that will help you gain the support of executive leaders.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate technologies used to gather patient data; inform diagnoses; and enhance care quality, safety, and outcomes.

Explain the relevance and importance of a needs assessment.

Identify the safety requirements and regulatory considerations when using a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 2: Develop a collaborative technology integration strategy.

Describe the potential impact of internal and external stakeholders and end users on the acquisition of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 3: Develop a strategy for managing technology use that enhances patient care and organizational effectiveness.

Identify the key issues in nursing care affecting patient outcomes that a new or upgraded telehealth technology will address.

Competency 4: Promote effective technology use policies that protect patient confidentiality and privacy.

Identify the patient confidentiality and privacy protections that a new or upgraded telehealth technology must address.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

Support assertions, arguments, conclusions, and recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.

Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Scenario

Telehealth technology can be representative of many different scenarios. For example, the technology could be designed to assist nurses with providing care, such as chronic disease management, to rural patients. It could also be designed to enable physicians to access enhanced care strategies from other providers in another part of the U.S. or internationally. Such care strategies might include radiology readings or assistance in an operating room with a new procedure.

For this assignment and the remaining assignments in Units 5, 7, and 9, choose any new or upgraded telehealth technology that you would like to see implemented in your organization or practice setting. Be creative and imagine what it would be like to have any telehealth resources that would benefit your community. Then, imagine that executive leaders in your organization or practice setting are considering the purchase of those resources to improve the quality of care provided to patients and enable medical and nursing staff to extend coverage for patients in the region.

Finally, as a nurse leader with responsibilities in upper management, imagine that you have been asked to determine whether this purchase will adequately address key issues in patient care and lead to improved outcomes.

Instructions

Determine the need for the new or upgraded telehealth technology. Present your findings and recommendations in an executive summary. Include any available assessments and gap analyses that may have been conducted previously.

Note: If you have not already done so, complete the Vila Health: Preparing for a Technology Needs Assessment simulation, linked in the assignment resources.

The executive summary requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Technology Needs Assessment Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Technology Needs Assessment document, linked in the assignment resources, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assignment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for document format and length and for citing supporting evidence.

Explain the relevance and importance of a needs assessment.

Identify the key issues in nursing care affecting patient outcomes that the new or upgraded telehealth technology will address.

Identify the safety requirements and regulatory considerations when using this technology.

Identify the patient confidentiality and privacy protections that this technology must address.

Describe the potential impact of internal and external stakeholders and end users on the acquisition of this technology.

Support assertions, arguments, conclusions, and recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.

Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Document Format and Length

Format your executive summary using APA style.

Use the APA Style Paper Template, linked in the assignment resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your executive summary. Be sure to include:

A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.

A running head on all pages.

Appropriate level 1 section headings.

Your executive summary should be 3–4 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least five credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your implementation plan.

Submission Requirements

Proofread your executive summary before you submit it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your analysis.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your executive summary to your ePortfolio.

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Unit 5 Assignment

Stakeholder Meeting

Professional Context

As a nurse leader, you must be able to identify the key stakeholders in the adoption of a new or upgraded telehealth technology. In addition, you must be able to communicate the benefits and strategic value of the technology to obtain their support and ensure effective use of the technology. One method of communicating with stakeholders is to introduce them to the technology in a department meeting. In this meeting, it is important to discuss how this technology will enhance care and improve quality and safety outcomes.

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to consider how you would introduce, to stakeholders, the new or upgraded telehealth technology that was the focus of your previous assignment with the goal of obtaining their buy in and support.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate technologies used to gather patient data; inform diagnoses; and enhance care quality, safety, and outcomes.

Explain how a new or upgraded telehealth technology will support enhanced patient outcomes and organizational effectiveness.

Competency 2: Develop a collaborative technology integration strategy.

Identify the key stakeholders who should attend a technology acquisition meeting.

Identify the steps and timeline needed to deploy a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 3: Develop a strategy for managing technology use that enhances patient care and organizational effectiveness.

Identify the outcome measures an organization or patient care setting will use to determine the effectiveness of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 4: Promote effective technology use policies that protect patient confidentiality and privacy.

Address patient confidentiality and privacy concerns associated with the use of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

Draft a meeting announcement and agenda.

Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.

Argue persuasively to obtain stakeholder agreement with, and support for, a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Scenario

You have completed your assessment of the need for a new or upgraded telehealth technology and presented your findings and recommendations to executive leaders. Their response to your assessment was positive, and they have asked that you introduce the proposed technology to other key stakeholders. Consequently, you have decided to host a stakeholders’ meeting to promote support and buy in for the new technology. Several people will be unable to attend the meeting, so you have decided to provide those individuals with a video recording of your presentation.

Instructions

Develop and record an audiovisual presentation for key stakeholders that focuses on the key aspects of a plan to adopt the proposed new or upgraded telehealth technology to support and enhance patient care.

Note: If you have not already done so, complete the Vila Health: Preparing for a Stakeholder Meeting simulation, linked in the Resources.

The meeting preparation and presentation requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Stakeholder Meeting Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Stakeholder Meeting document, linked in the resources, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assignment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for presentation format and length and for citing supporting evidence.

Prepare for the Meeting

Identify the key stakeholders who should attend the meeting.

Draft a meeting announcement and agenda.

Develop Your Presentation

Explain how the new or upgraded telehealth technology will support enhanced patient outcomes and organizational effectiveness.

Identify the outcome measures the organization or patient care setting will use to determine the effectiveness of the technology.

Address patient confidentiality and privacy concerns associated with the use of this technology.

Identify the steps and timeline needed to deploy the technology.

Develop slides that augment your presentation.

Argue persuasively to obtain stakeholder agreement with, and support for, the technology.

Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Presentation Format and Length

Remember, you may use Microsoft PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you decide to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Create 10–15 slides, including a title slide and a references slide.

Use the speaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources, as appropriate

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation.

List your sources on the references slide at the end of your presentation.

Submission Requirements

Upload your audiovisual presentation and attach the presentation slides, with speaker notes, to the assignment area. See the Using Kaltura document for more information about uploading media. You may submit the assignment only once, so be sure that the following assignment deliverables are included before submitting your assignment:

Meeting announcement and agenda.

Presentation recording.

Presentation slides.

Proofread your presentation before you submit it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your presentation.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your presentation to your ePortfolio.

Resources

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Unit 7 Assignment

Implementation Plan

Professional Context

Technology continues to move at an accelerated pace, and the delivery of health care is shifting from office-based environments to the home. For this reason, health care organizations must be at technology’s cutting edge, in order to remain competitive in today’s environment. Integrating the daily activities of patients into the health care continuum will improve the quality of care that is provided and enable more holistic care.

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to develop an implementation plan that addresses the various factors critical to the successful deployment of the new or upgraded telehealth technology that was the focus of your previous assignments.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 2: Develop a collaborative technology integration strategy.

Assess the adequacy of existing telehealth technology infrastructure in an organization or practice setting.

Assign tasks and responsibilities for deploying a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Develop an implementation schedule.

Develop a post-deployment telehealth technology evaluation and maintenance strategy.

Competency 3: Develop a strategy for managing technology use that enhances patient care and organizational effectiveness.

Determine staff training requirements and strategies.

Develop a strategy for collaborating with patients and other health care providers.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Scenario

Based on the positive reactions and feedback from stakeholders with regard to the proposed telehealth technology, executive leaders have decided to move forward with implementation of this telehealth solution and have asked you to develop the implementation plan.

Instructions

Develop a technology implementation plan that supports the vision for safe, high-quality health care in your organization or practice setting.

Note: If you have not already done so, complete the Vila Health: Preparing to Develop an Implementation Plan simulation, linked in the resources.

The implementation plan requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Implementation Plan Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Implementation Plan document, linked in the resources, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assignment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for document format and length and for citing supporting evidence.

Assess the adequacy of existing telehealth technology infrastructure in your organization or practice setting.

Assign tasks and responsibilities for deploying the new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Develop an implementation schedule.

Determine staff training requirements and strategies.

Develop a strategy for collaborating with patients and other health care providers.

Develop a post-deployment telehealth technology evaluation and maintenance strategy.

Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Document Format and Length

Format your implementation plan using APA style.

Use the APA Style Paper Template, linked in the resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your implementation plan. Be sure to include:

A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.

A running head on all pages.

Appropriate level 1 section headings.

Your implementation plan should be 5–7 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least five credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your implementation plan.

Submission Requirements

Proofread your implementation plan before you submit it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your analysis.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your implementation plan to your ePortfolio.

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Unit 9 Assignment

Staff Training Session

Professional Context

Successful deployment of a new health care technology requires that your team be well trained in its use. Nurse leaders have many options to choose from when considering an effective training strategy, among which is the use of Web conferencing technologies, such as webinars, used to deliver training remotely to a geographically dispersed audience.

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to develop a presentation to introduce staff personnel to the new or upgraded telehealth technology that was the focus of your previous assignments.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 1: Evaluate technologies used to gather patient data; inform diagnoses; and enhance care quality, safety, and outcomes.

Describe the purpose and use of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Explain the potential risks and benefits of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 2: Develop a collaborative technology integration strategy.

Identify the requirements for successful deployment of a new or upgraded telehealth technology, including appropriate training for providers, patients, and the patients’ families.

Competency 3: Develop a strategy for managing technology use that enhances patient care and organizational effectiveness.

Explain how an organization will assess the effectiveness of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Describe the type of ongoing training and technical support that will be available to a nursing staff.

Competency 4: Promote effective technology use policies that protect patient confidentiality and privacy.

Address patient confidentiality and privacy safeguards associated with a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

Support assertions and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.

Communicate effectively with staff to support the implementation and use of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.

Scenario

Successful deployment of new or upgraded telehealth technology requires that your team be well trained in its use. One key element of your overall training strategy is to orient your staff to the new technology. Consequently, you have decided to develop an orientation webinar, which can be used to deliver the training remotely using Web conferencing technologies.

Instructions

Develop and record an audiovisual presentation for staff personnel to support the implementation and use of the new or upgraded telehealth technology. Create 10–15 slides to support your presentation, including a title slide and a references slide. Ensure that your presentation includes any guidelines and standards developed by your organization for the specific setting or population.

Note: If you have not already done so, complete the Vila Health: Preparing for a Staff Training Session simulation, linked in the Resources.

The presentation requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Staff Training Session Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Staff Training Session document, linked in the Resources, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assignment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for presentation format and length and for citing supporting evidence.

Describe the purpose and use of the technology.

Explain the potential risks and benefits of the technology.

Identify the requirements for successful deployment of the technology, including appropriate training for providers, patients, and the patients’ families.

Discuss patient confidentiality and privacy safeguards associated with the technology.

Explain how the organization will assess the effectiveness of the technology.

Describe the type of ongoing training and technical support that will be available to the nursing staff.

Support assertions and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Develop slides that augment your presentation.

Communicate effectively with staff to support the implementation and use of the technology.

Presentation Format and Length

Remember, you may use Microsoft PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you decide to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your instructor to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Create 10–15 slides, including a title slide and a references slide.

Use the speaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources, as appropriate.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation.

List your sources on the references slide at the end of your presentation.

Submission Requirements

Upload your audiovisual presentation and attach the presentation slides, with speaker notes, to the assignment area. See the Using Kaltura document for more information about uploading media. You may submit the assignment only once, so be sure that both assignment deliverables are included before submitting your assignment.

Proofread your presentation before you submit it to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your presentation.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your presentation to your ePortfolio.