Five must-read mobile health reports

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EHR, Standardized Nursing Taxonomy and Outcomes Research

This article which recently came out which shows how using a standardized taxonomy in an EMR we can begin to measure the effectiveness or impact of nursing activities on patient outcomes.

The research involves an ogranization that uses a nursing information system which incorporates the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).  Using NIC and the definition of surveillance as the “purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data for clinical decision making” - they found that patients who had surveillance done 12 times a day, or greater, decreased the odds of a failure to rescue. 

 

The interest in this article isnt the findings - but that they quantified nursing value using a standardized nursing taxonomy and EMR data.

Shever, L. L. (2011). The impact of nursing surveillance on failure to rescue. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 25(2), 107-126.

Link to PubMed citation:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21696091

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Health IT Teaching Materials Now Available to the Public

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Study: EHRs Improve Diabetes Care

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Who Believes It Is 'Very Important' To Have Electronic Access to Their Health Care Data?

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Telemedicine: An Essential Technology for Reformed Healthcare

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CMS Announces New Steps to Encourage IT Use by Providers

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• Fact sheets on both the e-prescribing proposed rule and the EHR incentive payments