Learning Portfolio
Electronic Health Records (Week 8)
Technology in Clinical Settings
(Have Electronic Health Records Improved the Quality of Patient Care?)
Cons
Difficult for nurses that are not tech-savvy
Issues with universality
Leads to stigmatization/ bias
Time Consuming
Client feels disconnected from care, interferes with nurse-client relationship
Pros
Efficiency and accuracy in documentation
improved data retrieval
Saves money
Human-Technology Relationships
(4 rules for the reinvention of healthcare)
We need to go above what we learned in class
Have to connect all topics
Canada's health care system is under heavy strain; there is too little money and too few resources and workers to meet the demands of the Canadian population. The current system is not sustainable, changes need to be made.
An approach that can be taken to make the healthcare system more effective is by changing current technical tools (such as EHRs) to address the social nature of human beings. EHRs need to be designed to complement the way humans and technology interact with each other, and address the changes in both technology as well as clinical roles and processes.
(Coiera, E. (2004). Four rules for the reinvention of health care. BMJ, 328(7449), 1197–9.
doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7449.1197)
Informatics and Social Justice (Week 11)
Social Justice in Health Policy
Information Poverty/Digital Divide
Health Information Technology & Social Justice
Electronic Health Records (Week 7)
Availability of all medical records
Allergies
Fall risk
Past scans
History of substance abuse
Consistency among all healthcare bodies, underlying language
Bias towards delivery technology and electronic health records
Patient Access
Documentation and Changing Information
Adverse Events
Online Lab Services
