CNA 341 Improving Health And Nursing Practice
Question:
Discuss an example of a personal health, mobile heath, or telehealth-related application that you think can improve patient care. What are some of the primary challenges with integrating data from a mobile device or application with data within an EHR? Do you think most patients are comfortable with sharing their personal data in the clinical environment? Supposing the sharing of such information is beneficial for their health, what can be done to help patients overcome their reticence?
Answer:
Mobile health related applications have become a focus in healthcare departments with the goal of achieving patient centred care and improved health condition. A number of mobile health applications are used by the health care professionals for viewing patient medical reports outside workstations. Mobile MIM application is an example which allows viewing of medical imaging reports from remote locations. Patients’ X-rays, CT scans can be viewed and shared with medical teams using MIM application (Ventola, 2014). Emergency consultation can be performed outside workstations in less time.
Integration of data from mobile health applications to electronic method of health record maintenance faces some primary challenges.
- Technical challenges are most concerned in data integration purposes. Data migration from mobiles to electronic systems requires proper knowledge of the system and interoperability (Kho et al., 2013).
- Proper training is required to make the data integration process efficient and accurate. The involved staffs need to have a clarity of how the system works to maintain the flow of information. (Kho et al., 2013).
According to my perception, most people feel uncomfortable and restrained to share their clinical information.
Anonymity and confidentiality needs to be maintained regarding patient details. This can be better approached through Dynamic Trust. Information technology can be used to provide the patients an explicit opportunity; they can chose preferences with whom they wish to share data and change their preferences or even opt out according to their need.
References
Kho, A. N., Rasmussen, L. V., Connolly, J. J., Peissig, P. L., Starren, J., Hakonarson, H., & Hayes, M. G. (2013). Practical challenges in integrating genomic data into the electronic health record. Genetics in Medicine, 15(10), 772.
Ventola, C. L. (2014). Mobile devices and apps for health care professionals: uses and benefits. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 39(5), 356.
Use the following coupon code :
SAVE10