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Assessing the Problem: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources
Considerations
NURS-FPX4900
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Assessing the Problem: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources
Considerations
A good health care organization must take into account community resources, care
coordination, and technology while improving the quality of care provided. Through improved
diagnostics, streamlined treatment procedures, better data analysis, expanded access to care
through telemedicine, and general increased efficiency, technology plays a critical role in
healthcare by greatly improving patient care. This leads to better health outcomes and fewer
medical errors; in other words, it enables more accurate diagnoses and individualized treatment
plans while promoting improved communication between patients and healthcare providers.
Healthcare information technology (HIT) has been defined as the application of information
processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval,
sharing, and use of healthcare information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision
, making (Alotaibi 2017). Technology is important for care coordination of a patient's plan to
ensure patient safety by documenting a patient's history, assessments, notes, and plan of action so
it is not missed. The intentional planning of patient care tasks to enable the proper provision of
medical services is known as care coordination.Collaboration, trust, and communication are
necessary for care coordination. The role of care coordination has shown effectiveness in
managing continuity of care and facilitating care transitions, typically from acute to subacute
settings.Enhancements to primary care coordination are crucial to raising the caliber of health
systems, and continuity of care is a fundamental component of high-performing health systems.
In this assessment I will highlight the technology, care coordination, and community
resources that are essential in providing quality care to Mrs. Stricklin who is suffering from
colon cancer that has now moved to the liver with extensive treatment.
Assessing the Problem: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources
Considerations
NURS-FPX4900
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Assessing the Problem: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources
Considerations
A good health care organization must take into account community resources, care
coordination, and technology while improving the quality of care provided. Through improved
diagnostics, streamlined treatment procedures, better data analysis, expanded access to care
through telemedicine, and general increased efficiency, technology plays a critical role in
healthcare by greatly improving patient care. This leads to better health outcomes and fewer
medical errors; in other words, it enables more accurate diagnoses and individualized treatment
plans while promoting improved communication between patients and healthcare providers.
Healthcare information technology (HIT) has been defined as the application of information
processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval,
sharing, and use of healthcare information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision
, making (Alotaibi 2017). Technology is important for care coordination of a patient's plan to
ensure patient safety by documenting a patient's history, assessments, notes, and plan of action so
it is not missed. The intentional planning of patient care tasks to enable the proper provision of
medical services is known as care coordination.Collaboration, trust, and communication are
necessary for care coordination. The role of care coordination has shown effectiveness in
managing continuity of care and facilitating care transitions, typically from acute to subacute
settings.Enhancements to primary care coordination are crucial to raising the caliber of health
systems, and continuity of care is a fundamental component of high-performing health systems.
In this assessment I will highlight the technology, care coordination, and community
resources that are essential in providing quality care to Mrs. Stricklin who is suffering from
colon cancer that has now moved to the liver with extensive treatment.
