Hi, my name is Jeri. My graduate area is Psych APRN. I, as a graduate level nurse, need to know about information management because we received a lot of information the we are require to synthesize. We need to have access to the information and be able to call it up as needed. The days are gone when we can ask others to wait a minute while we pull out a book or chart and review the information. In my practice setting, I struggle with other nurses that are just comfortable with opening their email. Trying to move into the digital era can be a challenge. If co-workers don't understand the need using IT, it is difficult to get the needs met for our practice. When others are used to writing everything by hand, they don't always see a need to have it on the computer.
You bring up a very significant challenge in the implementation of IT in healthcare, overcoming the resistance to change and the lack of knowledge related to the impact of the EMR on the quality and safety of health care. Hopefully this course will give you the tools to help your colleagues meet the challenge of HIT.
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