Health Information Technology in Nursing : The Impact of Health Information Technology on the quality of Nursing care. A literature review
Buam, Frankline Nji (2021)
Buam, Frankline Nji
2021
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Health information technology has improved the quality of care by increasing patients’ information accessibility and patients’ safety. It has enhanced nurses’ potentials to analyse a patient’s overall wellbeing and aided nurses in decision making. It has increased adherence to care guidelines and has improved disease surveillance. It has reduced medication errors and has enabled efficient communication among nursing staff and clients. This thesis aims to describe the importance of health information technology in assisting nurses to provide quality care. This thesis aims to raise awareness on the benefits of Health Information Technology in nursing care and to encourage nurses to keep up-to-date knowledge on Health Information Technology.
The study was carried out with a literature review of previous research done on the subject of Health Information Technology. Data in this study were collected from reliable academic resources and also from the institutions’ database. Articles were selected from SAGE, CENTRIAFINNA, Google Scholar and Science Direct.
According to the results, the rate of morbidity and mortality is directly affected by the quality of care administered by nurses. With a global shortage of nursing staff, introducing Health Information Technology has enabled nurses to provide care in a more vivid and evidence-based manner, minimizing chances of error through barcoding medication administration systems. Health Information Technology has also assisted nurses to easily collect, analyze and safely store data through the use of electronic health records, and nurses can easily reach out to their patients with telehealth technologies.
The study was carried out with a literature review of previous research done on the subject of Health Information Technology. Data in this study were collected from reliable academic resources and also from the institutions’ database. Articles were selected from SAGE, CENTRIAFINNA, Google Scholar and Science Direct.
According to the results, the rate of morbidity and mortality is directly affected by the quality of care administered by nurses. With a global shortage of nursing staff, introducing Health Information Technology has enabled nurses to provide care in a more vivid and evidence-based manner, minimizing chances of error through barcoding medication administration systems. Health Information Technology has also assisted nurses to easily collect, analyze and safely store data through the use of electronic health records, and nurses can easily reach out to their patients with telehealth technologies.