Technology In Healthcare

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Technology in Healthcare
National Patient Safety Goals
Goal 1 entails improvement of the accuracy of patients’ identification. The nurses can ensure the goal is met by adopting institutional policies aimed at reducing wrong-patient errors (The Joint Commission). Sustaining one-on-one care with patients should help in the patient identification process. Nurses should deal with the right patient to during the diagnosis and treatment stages.
Goal 3 involves enhancement of patient safety using medications. Nurses should undertake a medication reconciliation process to establish any discrepancies between the prescribed medication and new prescriptions. The nurses should have a deep understanding of the patients’ prescription before administering them. Maintenance and communication of accurate patient medication are imperative for nurses.
Goal 7 necessitates nurses to minimize the risk of healthcare-related infections in the hospitals. Nurses can comply with the existing hand hygiene guidelines by the World Health Organization (WHO) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (The Joint Commission). The nurses could create and execute hygiene programs in the hospital to accomplish Goal 7. Home care nurses can contribute to the development of hand hygiene policies.
Goal 9 seeks the reduction of risk of patients’ harm due to falls (The Joint Commission). Nurses can meet the goal by participating in the evaluation of patients’ risks for falls.

The participation ensures that the nurses can take appropriate action to mitigate falls and subsequent injuries. Nurses’ responsibility is to assess prescribed medication, gait, and balance, and propose assistive technologies to eliminate the risk of falls.
Goal 15 necessitates organization to identify safety risks affecting its patient population (The Joint Commission). Home care nurses should store oxygen safely. Secured storage would protect flammable substances from open flames. The nurses can inform and educate the patients as well as relatives or caregivers on the causes of fire and taking safety precautions. Additionally, Or et al. explored technology-assisted home care for adults with chronic cardiac disease.
Findings
Or et al. found perceived usefulness, behavioral intention, subjective norms, and a high level of acceptance as factors affecting the adoption of technology-assisted home care (50). Consumer health information-technologies (CHITs) were found to have improved the quality of life, wellbeing, medication observance, health delivery, and patient self-management in-home care for adults with chronic heart disease (57). Additionally, the article established the intention and level of response varied with the patient groups depending on the way CHITs could improve critical functions such as visual ability, availability of health information, and motor abilities. However, Or et al. found that patients’ beliefs on the usefulness of CHITs depend on the essential people such as close family and friends (56). Consequently, the shift of technology to homecare will affect my day-to-day nursing practice.
Impact of the Technology Shift
The patient will help me to improve patient delivery at the bedside. I will address medication and treatment errors with high efficiency due to the adoption of home care technologies. I can meet the increasing demand by the aging population for home care services by using proficient technologies. The shift will facilitate incorporation of any patient groups irrespective of their conditions or critical level of their illnesses. Additionally, I could involve the patients as assistive technologies provide patients with self-management modalities. I will explore a range of diagnostic and therapeutic options due to the availability of diverse home care technologies. Innovative technology will sustain high-quality patient outcomes.

Works Cited
Or, Calvin K L et al. “Factors Affecting Home Care Patients’ Acceptance Of A Web-Based Interactive Self-Management Technology.” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 18.1 (2011): 51-59.
The Joint Commission. “National Patient Safety Goals Effective January 2019: Home Care Accreditation Program.” Jointcommission.org, 2018. Web. 26 Dec. 2018 <https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/NPSG_Chapter_OME_Jan2019.pdf>