Write an essay addressing the following prompts:
1) Electronic health records (EHRs) are easier to read than the paper charts of the past, but many complain that healthcare providers are focusing too much on the computer screen instead of the patient.
*Is this due to a lack of skill or training, poor computer system design, or just the nature of computer charting?
*Is patient care suffering from the implementation of EHRs?
*Charting in an EHR consist of clicking boxes, do you feel this provides enough detail about the patient, condition, and events if there was a lawsuit?
2)Hebda, Hunter, and Czar (2019) identify three types of data that are currently being tracked by organizations (p. 46).
*Identify and explain another type of data, specific to your practice, that is being tracked by an organization.
-reinfection of active TB within 12 months of prior treatment and Patients that refused Latent TB Infection treatment later infected with active TB Disease.
*Why do you feel this data is important to track?
Identify and discuss the organization that is tracking the data.
*Are there any ethical concerns with an outside organization tracking this data, explain, and give examples?
3)Explain the topic “The Importance of Investing in Nurse Informatics”.
*Provide a descriiption of the selected topic. What is your project, why is it relevant to this class, and why is it important to you?
*Identify an informatics/healthcare theory from pages 29-30 of the textbook that aligns with the project and explain why.
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