Written Assignment 2: Using Data in Healthcare
Your organization’s research and quality departments have reached out to the super-user committee you are on with an issue. They are having to do manual chart audits instead of using the reporting tools that are a part of the electronic health record (EHR). After reviewing their examples, the informatics team has identified that the issue is not with the reports, but the way that staff is charting. Staff are consistently over-utilizing text fields instead of the structured options found in lists and other standardized selections.
Leadership does not want to add to the documentation burden by adding more required fields to the EHR. Your group is charged with quickly developing education for staff in order to meet the deadline for an important research study.
• Propose an evidence-based practice intervention to decrease over-utilization of text fields.
• What kinds of data about charting should be collected prior to an intervention?
• What kinds of evidence would need to be collected after an intervention?
• How would the success of the intervention be measured?
• What steps would be taken to validate the accuracy and readability of the data?
• What are two ways to share the outcomes of this research? Why is it important to present the results of this research to the organization in some capacity?
This paper should be 5-6 pages, not including the title page or references list. The paper should contain a minimum of six (6) scholarly references, with a minimum of three references from scholarly sources that are outside of the required course readings. The paper must be written following APA Style guidelines.
Required Readings
• Carter-Templeton, H. (2021). Translation of evidence into nursing practice. In V. K. Saba & K. A. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of nursing informatics (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 405-419
• Kerfoot, K., & Smith, K. (2021). Nurse scheduling and credentialing. In V. K. Saba & K. A. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of nursing informatics (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. pp 381-391
• Nagle, L. M., Kennedy, M. A., & White, P. A. (2021). Nursing data science and quality clinical outcomes. In V. K. Saba & K. A. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of nursing informatics (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 663-675
• Simpson, R. L. (2021). Big data analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data. In V. K. Saba & K. A. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of nursing informatics (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 653-662