Analyze how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.
Using Health Information Technology as a Source of Evidence-Based Practice
Nurses working in the recovery room at City Hospital received many complaints from patients who were required to void prior to being released. The nurses also questioned this requirement and decided to explore current best practices based on research evidence. Using the hospital’s health information technology, they located current research indicating that City Hospital’s policy was out of date and that research evidence no longer supported this practice. As a result of accessing and utilizing health information technology to locate evidence-based research, new practice guidelines were crafted and adopted.
This week you evaluate evidence available through health information technology and consider how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Evaluate evidence available through health information technology that lead to improved patient care
Analyze how health information technology supports evidence-based practice
Before the digital revolution, health information technology supplied very limited support for evidence-based practice. If nurses wanted to be informed about cutting-edge research, their best bet was to either subscribe to leading journals or make periodic trips to the library. With the establishment of research databases, however, nurses became empowered to learn about and facilitate interdisciplinary and translational research. Databases are just one example of how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.
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