NURS659 Week 1 Discussion Prompts 1 & 2

Discussion Prompt 1

Review the seven critical success factors for healthcare initiatives. Choose four of the seven and discuss their effects on the success of implementing or upgrading an EHR. What might be potential areas of concern for an EHR that heavily uses third-party services to supply critical clinical functionality, such as decision support or medical reference links? In what circumstances might a clinical infrastructure based on either third-party service providers or mobile applications be desirable? What cautions should we place on these technologies in the same circumstances?

Discussion Prompt 2

Describe a workflow issue you have encountered in practice and explain how you could use a gap analysis to plan for change.

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Week 2 Discussion

Discussion Prompt 1

What opportunities do you see for CDS to facilitate the work of healthcare professionals? Explain how usability is important when integrating clinical decision support.

Discussion Prompt 2

Discuss the importance of the user experience when implementing or changing components of health information technology. Outline a usability test for one module of your current EHR. Include the elements discussed in the chapter in your proposed usability test. Describe why you chose the methods you did.

Week 1 Assignment: Identifying Gaps Paper

Write a three- to four-page paper that describes a minimum of two gaps that you have identified in current and future workflow processes in your organization. Propose possible solutions for the gaps identified.

Follow APA format and provide a minimum of five scholarly resources.

Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.