Friday, May 6, 2011

Can ICT SOLVE our problems in health care?

      As a nurse/ nursing student focuses not only in patient care
but also as a whole. Whether you have a specialty in nursing practice
that has also has its own set’s of nursing problems to consider.As
nursing progresses it becomes complicated to handle if we continue the
traditional ways in dealing patient care management. As we in this
century of improvement, we in health setting should be able to adapt
new ways in making health effective and easy for the health care
provider and also the patient to access effectively so that the
standard of communication is an easy approach in making health setting
more efficient and reliable.

                                                  

            ICT provide us fast, accessible, time manageable in adopting
Electronic Health Record so that we are not wasting time and effort in
conducting written information about the patient. And when the patient
was admitted again we know longer repeat asking questions because it
really is annoying to the patient and also thru ICT we are able to
manage more quickly, so that we can have full understanding of patient
medical history, including what medications they’re allergic to.  Like
emergency situation it’s really impossible to wait in a scenario that
is too risky and can be an adding factor for the patient present
illness if the health team cannot provide efficiently and effectively
in case of crisis.



Using ICT in health setting we can provide full attention to the
patient care because without I.T. it takes time documenting patient’s
care, accessing files and transferring records to other clinics. And
many more problems encountered by health care providers.


    Nursing informatics is a multi-disciplinary that offers solution
with the goal of improving patient care. It integrates data,
information and knowledge to help nurses make well-informed decisions
in all circumstances. Most of all the nurse informaticist will be in
demand. The importance goes far beyond the use of technology.
Technology is nothing if it is misused or not taken advantage of. Its
importance is the ongoing education and training of health
professional in order to use technology appropriately.


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