Module 6: Policy and Regulation Supporting Informatics and Technology Integration
(Week 11)

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Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Policy and Regulation [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Evaluate legislative policies and regulations for health and nursing informatics
• Create fact sheets for health and nursing informatics
• Analyze impact of legislative policies and regulations for clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and workflows
• Evaluate healthcare organizational policies and procedures to address legislative policies and regulations

Due ByAssignmentWeek 11, Days 1–2Read/Watch/Listen to the Learning Resources.
Begin to compose your Assignment.Week 11, Days 3-6Continue to compose your Assignment.Week 11, Day 7Deadline to submit your Assignment.

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Learning Resources

Required Readings

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2017). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 8, “Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics: HITECH and HIPAA” (pp. 145–166)

American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2018). MACRA/MIPS: The transition from fee-for-service to quality-based reimbursement. Retrieved from https://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/federal-legislation/macra-s-quality-payment-program 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (n.d.). MACRA. Retrieved January 18, 2019, from https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/value-based-programs/macra-mips-and-apms/macra-mips-and-apms.html

HealthIT.gov. (2018a). Health IT legislation. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy/health-it-legislation

HealthIT.gov. (2018b). Meaningful use and MACRA. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/topic/meaningful-use-and-macra/meaningful-use-and-macra

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Laws & regulations. Retrieved September 27, 2018, from https://www.hhs.gov/regulations/index.html

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Health Informatics & Population Health Analytics: Privacy, Security, and Ethics [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

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Assignment: Policy/Regulation Fact Sheet

As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise.

With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, and other stakeholders.

In this Assignment, you will study a recent nursing informatics-related healthcare policy, and you will share the relevant details via a fact sheet designed to inform and educate.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources on healthcare policy and regulatory/legislative topics related to health and nursing informatics.
• Consider the role of the nurse informaticist in relation to a healthcare organization’s compliance with various policies and regulations, such as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).
• Research and select one health or nursing informatics policy (within the past 5 years) or regulation for further study.

The Assignment: (1 page)

Create a 1-page fact sheet that your healthcare organization could hypothetically use to explain the health or nursing informatics policy/regulation you selected. Your fact sheet should address the following:

• Briefly and generally explain the policy or regulation you selected.
• Address the impact of the policy or regulation you selected on system implementation.
• Address the impact of the policy or regulation you selected on clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and workflow.
• Highlight organizational policies and procedures that are/will be in place at your healthcare organization to address the policy or regulation you selected. Be specific.

 

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Prepare for interprofessional stakeholders a 10–12-slide presentation  (not including title and reference pages) explaining how nurse leaders  can use information technology to improve nursing practices that support  and sustain positive patient outcomes. You do not need to actually  present your assessment but be sure to include speaker’s notes for each  slide.

The dissemination of evidence-based practice outcomes helps nurses  build stakeholder engagement and support for the use of information  system and technology for health care delivery.

For this assessment, imagine a group of interprofessional  stakeholders involved with patient care in your health care setting  would like to increase positive patient outcomes. Nurse leaders have  recommended changes in the practice that incorporate informatics and the  application of new knowledge into your nursing practices.

You are asked to present a brief overview using PowerPoint (or some  other presentation software) to a small group of student nurses. After  the session has concluded, the training department would like to use  your presentation as a training resource.

Preparation

Select a nursing practice in your own health care setting that has changed for the better since you first began nursing.

Directions

Use the tools in your presentation software to develop a creative  and engaging presentation. Use the notes portion of PowerPoint to  capture your narrative script for each slide. Include the following in  your presentation:

• Describe briefly an example of a nursing practice that has changed in the last two years.
• Explain how theory development, research exploration, and information technology supports the changes you have described.
• Describe the basic differences between research (qualitative and quantitative) and evidence-based practice (EBP).
• Explain how nurse leaders use communication practices and  technology to build interprofessional stakeholder engagements in support  of the change you have identified.
• Describe how nurse leaders use evidence-based practice to support and sustain patient-care outcomes.

Additional Requirements

• Length: Submit a presentation of 10–12 slides  (not including title and reference slides). Include both a title slide  and a reference slide with 4–6 references to support your presentation  information and ideas.
• Formatting Guidelines: Create streamlined slides with minimal information.      
  • Be precise.
  • Keep bulleted content on one line.
  • Use images instead of words when appropriate.
• Narrative Script: Use the notes portion to create a detailed narrative for each slide.

 

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