AFYI

Please note this first page is part of assignment 1. The Early Sepsis Alert tool is the EHR initiative I wrote about. The actual assignment starts on page 2 (Assignment).

Early Sepsis Alert (ESA)

Addition to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) :  Early Sepsis Alert (ESA)

This tool will confirm the presence of sepsis through review of physician, nursing, and laboratory records

How it works

—-     Clinicians collected vital sign and laboratory test information

• If patient shows 2 or more signs and symptoms of the any of the following criteria:
• Temperature > 100.4 (38 C) or < 96.8 (36 C)
• Heart rate > 90 beats per minute
• Respiratory rate > 20 breaths per minute
• WBC >12,000 or <4,000, or 10% bands

—-     The computer system will automatically notify the Telemetry group

—-     Telemetry group will notify the nurses directly to their mobile devices to do a sepsis screening on the patient within 60 minutes.

—-     If the screening gives a negative result the screening is stop and consider completed, if positive then the nurse will notify the doctor immediately for further actions, and an Acute Sepsis Alert (Policy 11.2) is initiated.

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Manuscript for Publication

Write a 6–8 page (exclude title and reference pages) manuscript for publication, with at least five scholarly references, that describes your EHR initiative and its outcomes and provides recommendation for further improvements.

After an EHR project is completed, consider sharing your process and results with other professionals. This is an important step in contributing to ongoing evidence-based practice efforts.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• • Competency 1: Evaluate how various electronic health record systems are used by nurses across different health care settings.

• • • Evaluate the use of an electronic health record (EHR) for an inter-professional care team/stakeholders.

• Competency 2: Propose health information designs appropriate to health care settings.

• • • Analyze how enhanced information system workflows will promote safe practice and quality outcomes.
  • Competency 3: Integrate health information system components into strategic planning for health informatics nurses.

• • • Evaluate how this situation supports the strategic plan of the organization or practice setting.
  • Competency 4: Recommend appropriate workflows to maximize efficiencies for the practice setting.

• • • Produce recommendations that improve the current EHR use to support stakeholder needs, improve outcomes and patient satisfaction.
  • Competency 5: Recommend strategies to maximize efficiency, safety, and patient satisfaction using electronic health records while providing nursing care to patients.

• • • Synthesize information into a clear summary of how to strategize for maximum efficient, and safe care supporting patient satisfaction using the EHR.
  • Competency 6: Communicate as a practitioner-scholar, consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.

• • • Written communication is error free, employs APA standards and is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.

Stakeholders and Information System Use

For any health technology project to be successful, the design, development and implementation of the technology must be done in tandem with input from all of the stakeholders who will be affected by the technology. These readings encourage you to be open to the wide variety of stakeholders that form the universe of stakeholders that you may need to draw on for a project.

Asssessment Instructions

For this assessment, you will develop a manuscript for publication that describes your EHR initiative and its outcomes and provides recommendation for further improvements. Examine several informatics journals and determine where your ideas fit best. Develop a scholarly conversation in the form of an APA paper for submission to a specific informatics journal of your choosing.

Your manuscript should include the following sections:

• • Brief introduction as to the purpose of the discussion.
  • Body of paper addressing:

• • • In the context of a practice setting, evaluate the use of an electronic health record (EHR) for an inter-professional care team/stakeholders.
    • Focus your analysis on how the use of the information system enhances workflows to promote safe practice and quality outcomes.
    • Evaluate how this initiative supports the strategic plan of the organization or practice setting while considering the inter-professional care team/ end user stakeholders.
    • Produce recommendations to improve current EHR use to support stakeholder needs, improve outcomes and patient satisfaction for the future.
  • Conclusion – a synthesis of your paper.

Review the Manuscript for Publication scoring guide prior to submission to ensure you address all required grading criteria.

Additional Requirements

• • Title page: Include your running head, name, course, date, and instructor.
  • References: Five scholarly sources (not more than 5 years old) support the policy and guidelines. Additional references may be used.
  • Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (sixth edition) style and formatting. Use a running head, title on the first line of the first page of text, a brief introduction, a minimum of Level 1 headings used for each section of the paper, and conclusion.  Abstract not required.
  • Length of paper: 6–8 typed, double-spaced pages.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.