(Answered) Informatics Policy/Regulation Fact Sheet

Informatics Policy/Regulation Fact Sheet

For this Performance Task Assessment, you will create a fact sheet about a recent health or nursing informatics policy or regulation that could be used within your healthcare organization to explain that policy/regulation.

Submission Length: 1-page Fact Sheet

Informatics Policy/Regulation Fact Sheet

Research and select one health or nursing informatics policy (within the past 5 years) or regulation for further study.

• 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. (1 paragraph, using bullets to present the content)
  • Explain the impact of the policy or regulation you selected on system implementation. Be specific and provide examples. (1 paragraph, using bullets to present the content)
  • Explain whether or not the policy or regulation you selected will impact improvement in outcomes and efficiencies for clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and workflow. (1 paragraph, using bullets to present the content)
  • Describe organizational policies and procedures that are/will be in place at your healthcare organization to address the improvement in outcomes and efficiencies by the policy or regulation you selected. Be specific. (1 paragraph, using bullets to present the content).

Include citations and references. APA 7 format.

Sample Answer

Briefly and generally explain the policy or regulation

21ST Century Cures Act  ·       This is a legislation that was assented by Preside Barrack Obama on December, 13, 2016. ·       The legislation comprise provisions that aim to enhance efficiency in the development and delivery of drugs and medical devices, speed up research into severe illnesses, address the issue of opioid crisis, and promote mental health services (Congress.gov, 2016). ·       The Cures Act focuses on easing regulatory burdens linked with the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems and health information technology (HIT). ·       It also aims at promoting interoperability and discouraging information blocking by health IT developers, healthcare providers, health information exchanges (HIEs), and health information networks, to ensure enhanced access to information transferred using electronic health information (EHI) (Congress.gov, 2016).

 

Impact of you 21^ST Century Cures Act on system implementation

·       Requires healthcare providers required to release reports, lab results, and other health information to patients with no limitations (Martin, 2020).  ·       It allows patients will have access to their health information stored in their clinical notes. ·       Allows use of healthcare information technologies such as smartphone apps to provide to store and transfer health information. ·       Requires establishment of robust security to safeguard patient information from computer criminals (Martin, 2020). ·       Requires preparation of staff for compliance with the legislation.

 

·       It removes information blocking between devices, applications, and health systems hence allowing healthcare providers to obtain and share health data to other providers efficiently.  ·       Allows use of modern smartphone apps to provide patient with convenient access to their records (Lye et al., 2018). ·       Patients will gain transparency about cost and potential outcomes (Lye et al., 2018).

Impact in outcomes and efficiencies for clinical care, patient/provider interactions and workflow

·       Examination of the healthcare organization’s compliance policies to make necessary adjustments concerning the Act.  ·       Implementation of compliance training to ensure the staff has the necessary information concerning provisions of the 21ST Century Cures Act.

Organizational policies and procedures

References

• Congress.gov. (2016). 21^ST Century Cures Act. Retrieved from https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ255/PLAW-114publ255.pdf
• Lye, C. T., Forman, H. P., Daniel, J. G., & Krumholz, H. M. (2018). The 21st Century Cures Act and electronic health records one year later: will patients see the benefits?. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 25(9), 1218-1220. https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/25/9/1218/5060211
• Martin, M. (2020). The Ethics of Emergent Health Technologies: Implications of the 21st Century Cures Act for Nursing. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 21(4), 195-201. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527154420947028