Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Roy L Simpson.
Nursing needs a unified, ubiquitous language with which to describe its unique contributions to the health care process. The first step to creating this language is to understand the terms.
Learn the elements that make standardizing nursing nomenclatures and taxonomies a difficult task.
ring's viability and progress, leaders must use the challenges facing the profession and the health care industry as a blueprint for a future technological vision.
In part 2 of this series, examine technologies critical to nursing's viability, now and in the near future.
Telemedicine may make it possible for nurses to practice across state lines, but it also raises critical policy issues, primarily surrounding licensure across those lines. From professional nursing associations to unions, state regulatory boards, and Congress itself, the topic of multistate licensure policy is being hotly debated by a host of concerned parties. One key question they're all asking is: "How?".
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Promoting trust within an organization involves doing away with the culture of blame that surrounds medical errors. When nurses feel safe to report errors and near misses, nurse leaders can identify weak areas and strengthen systems.
Information technology (IT) can help keep nurse leaders focused and optimistic about health care's long-range outlook.
Virtual technology can increase nursing students' clinical skills without risking harm to patients and can help prepare nurses for new practices, such as robotic surgery.
Successful technology implementation requires thorough, consistent change management.
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Health care's response to the anthrax outbreak highlights our critical need to enlist sophisticated information technology (IT) tools in the defense against bioterrorism. Part 1 of a two-part series explains what went wrong in the most recent attack and suggests how a national IT infrastructure might help in the future.
In March, Part 1 of this two-part series examined the challenges with identifying bioterrorism-specifically the anthrax outbreak. Part 2 explains what's being done to equip America's health care providers to recognize and respond to future attacks, while protecting the public.
General health care industry business objectives and goals drive technology implementation within the hospital setting.
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