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Healthcare Management:

First Student’s Response:

The use of technology in the patient care field is mainly for preventing errors and undesirable events such as miscommunications, medication errors, and treatment delays. The earliest use of technological devices in health care was primarily in administration, particularly computerized budgeting and fiscal planning. However, during this period, clinical offices used computer programs that were specifically developed to meet their needs (Bhaskar, 2009). While these earlier systems contributed to several benefits in healthcare, they were associated with certain weaknesses and shortcomings. Some of these weaknesses included the fact that standardization of record keeping and assimilation of computer systems through electronic clinical patient records delayed. Despite these challenges, technology will help in establishing optimal practice and patient care environment.

One of the major ways with which technology will help in developing such practice and patient care environment is through the introduction of standardized computerized sign-out system. The sign-out system will contribute to improved patient care through providing lists of patient problems and illnesses, treatment procedures, and medications in order for incoming health workers to be fully informed. The development of optimal practice and patient care environment through this system is also attributed to the fact that it enables management of health care facilities to lessen costs, increase patient satisfaction, and enhance care giving procedures. In the past few years, the costs of providing high quality care services and patient satisfaction across health care facilities has significantly increased.

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...ce will include preparing for increased used and dependence on technology in the clinical setting. This preparation will include adopting computerize systems in various clinical processes like management of medical and administrative information. In addition, the workplace should design hospital wide system or network that will support the flow information across departments through computerized systems. The other aspect of incorporating lessons from this question in the workplace is conducting necessary training so that health workers are accustomed with technological systems to be used in the delivery of patient care. Nurses should be adequately trained in order to ease the process of adopting these systems and their use. The provision of adequate training will also help in lessening any mistakes that may emerge from improper use of technology in health care.