Intergration of Technology into Nursing

Rebirth of healthcare in the 21^st century is the integration of innovative technology solutions into health care practice. 

Transparency between nurse and patient

Nursing technology has converted the way nurses work and continues to evolve providing quick access to experts in a remote area.  According to research, technology in the nursing arena has improved patient overall outcomes, decreased clinical errors and reduced the amount of paperwork that nurses were obligated to perform. 

 

Future Nursing

 

 

 

 

 As the point-of-care continues to advance it will include software application on wireless device that will allow nurses to gain information at their fingertips.  There are many emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing in the future.

 
 

Career Advancement

     Nurses are the largest health care profession in the United States. For existing nurses to achieve their full career potential, there are numerous reasons they need to embrace informatics into practice.  The most necessary reasons for nurses to focus on informatics is the implementation of the national system of electronic health records. 

    This electronic health record system will make it vital for all nurses to have a basic familiarity with computer systems.  At the least, nurses need to have proficiency in documenting in a patient's electronic health record and observe appropriate privacy precautions.  Informatics has become the advance life support for nurses to carry out their day-to-day duties of administration and patient care.  

 

HUMAN/TECHNOLOGY INTERFACE

The merging of new technology in healthcare- The Human brain and the Computer brain.









Human-Computer interface (HCI) is the transparency between human-users and computers.  HCI is the study of how people interact with computers.  It is about understanding and creating software/technology that people will want to use and will find effective when used.  The concept of human-user interaction is a linkage between a human and a device or system that allows the human to interact with (e.g., exchange information with) that device or system.  The connection can be either physical or logical. 

Human technology interfaces becomes the problem solver at a push of a button.  Human users have benefited from the power of information and knowledge provided from new technology.  Nevertheless, advance health technology has extended human knowledge that has strengthen collaboration among health providers in delivering quality care.  Computerized health system can enhance our everyday lives and improve quality of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medication dispensing system is one of many examples of human-technology interface that improves patient’s outcomes.  Also, it embraces a caring and connected relationship between nurses and patients.  Medication dispensing system is a computerized system that provides controlled storage, dispensing and tracking of medication to improve efficiency and patient safety.

 

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Human Computer Interface

 

 History of Human Computer Interaction

 

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