ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES Flashcards
- Maintains database: demographic
data, salary and performance
appraisals. - Database can be used to
communicate with the employee,
examine staffing patterns and
create budget projections.
HUMAN RESOURCES
*It is expensive to keep records,
but it is more expensive not to
be able to access what is in
them.
- Allow clients records to be
searched for trends
MEDICAL RECORD MANAGEMENT
- Computerized billing
vs hand written - Nurses can directly
bill.
BUDGET AND FINANCE
- Facilitates the accumulation and analysis
of data for individuals’ groups of clients,
when standards, pathway and key
indicators and other vital data have been
identified and described - Utilization review consists of examining
trends and proposing advantageous
disposition of resources.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND UTILIZATION REVIEW
- Air conditions,
ventilators, alarm
systems - Scanners (ID), Bar
codes
*Inventories
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
- To monitor quality
indicators to reduce the
difficulty of time involved
in the accreditation - Bedside Data Record Entry
ACCREDITATION
medical technology
designed to help RNs, LPNs, and other
nursing professionals care for their patients
more effectively
Nursing technology
Nursing Technology Advantages
- Faster communication
- Increased efficiency
- Improved access to
patient records - Burnout prevention
Nursing Technology
Disadvantages
- Implementation challenges
- Steep learning curves
- Equipment malfunction
- Overreliance on machines
❖ are replacing older paper filing
methods. Hospitals and medical care
centers have switched to electronic
records.
❖This allows everyone in the hospital to
access the patient’s information with
the touch of a button.
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
By using mechanical lifts, nurses
can help patients who cannot stand or
walk get into their bed without assistance
from additional medical staff members.
Electronic lift systems
Promise
improved patient experiences and better
ways for RNs and doctors to manage
supplies, clinical technology, and
capacity.
Centralized Command Centers
enable doctors
and nurses to provide essential care for patients
who may not be able to visit a medical facility in
person and apps help patient monitor their
conditions and overall health on a regular basis.
telehealth applications
have
made it much easier for nurses to quickly and
effectively communicate with other healthcare
professionals by using using smartphones and
apps
Wireless Communication Systems
have become more common
and are used for a variety of purposes in hospitals.
They can help to keep track of equipment, making it
easier to find equipment that may have been moved
or misplaced
Real-Time Location Sensors
technology
that is designed to be used where patient care is
being provided. It gives nurses the ability to take
patient reports, update records, and create treatment
plans without leaving the room the patient’s room.
Point of Care Technologies
Hospital efficiency has been increased through GPS
tracking. Tagging and tracking medical equipment is
much easier than it was before
GPS tracking
the use of digital information and communication technologies,
such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely
and manage your health care.
TELEHEALTH
- is a multi-component program (biomedical device, electronic medical record
system and telemedicine training) designed to provide better access to lifesaving health care services in isolated and disadvantaged communities
nationwide. - It is one among the Department of Science and Technology’s efforts for a
“Smarter Philippines”. It is also an ICT (Information and Communications
Technology) innovation designed to support the Department of Health’s call
for Kalusugang Pangakalahatan or Universal Health Care.
RxBox
a telemedicine device capable of capturing medical signals through built-in medical sensors, storing data in an electronic medical record (Community
Health Information Tracking System –CHITS), and transmitting health information via internet to a clinical specialist in the Philippine General Hospital for expert advice.
RxBox
