NurseLogic: Bridging Care and Technology

Digital health platforms have modernized and redefined the healthcare system and how patient receive their care. The PHR has allowed for patients to standardize and assume responsibility for how their health information is shared, how they engage with providers and understand their rights to safety and quality care. This blog will look at how PHR's not only diversify services offered but with provide further discussion of how providers can supporting patient decision making, manage chronic diseases, improve communication and optimize healthcare utilization. How can we improve PHR systems to protect patient's health information ? Patient understanding of their health concerns Access to online portals to review labs, reports, medications and treatments Direct access to records allows for patients to have a better picture of the care they receive Allowing this clarity give the patient a better ability to understand their conditions and make informed decisions based on their healt...

    Reflect on the role of the APRN as it relates to collaboration between your role as a Family Nurse Practitioner and the nursing informatics specialist. Nursing Informatics is considered the stethoscope of technology, similar to APRN's when they are using the stethoscope to assess their patients to make a clinical decisions, informatics utilizes tools to improve systems in healthcare and allowing data to be used to make life saving decisions for patients ( Boehning and Punsalan, 2023). The role of the APRN as  a  Family Nurse Practitioner provides  delivery  of comprehensive care to all individuals across the lifespan. APRN's  prioritize   health  promotion, disease prevention, and  learn  how to manage both  acute and chronic conditions. Their role involved assessing patients, diagnosing, interpreting and implementing care plan to treat the patients they see. Through these interventions, APRN's are able to be prim...

  Using insights gained from readings and web sources, explore and reflect on the ethical obligation of the nurse practitioner to protect patient privacy and confidentiality as patient data moves to the Health Cloud   Cloud Computing is the use of remote servers on the internet to store, manage and process medical data. This approach benefit the patient through creating an efficient environment for healthcare delivery while also reducing healthcare costs. Nurse Practitioner's can utilize data clouding through telehealth services, virtual patient monitoring and timely interventions. APRN's can collaborate with other health care professional by sharing secured patient data on electronic platforms and have informed decision making. APRN's can also access up to date information about the patients they see to make informed decision making and have continuity of care. Applications like Cloud Kettle are being utilized to  being utilized to store patient data and information...

Reflect on electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) and “Meaningful Measures” as they relate to patient safety/quality and the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner.  Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) are metrics that use data extracted from electronic health records to evaluate the quality of healthcare services provided to patients and caregivers (CMS, 2024). utilization of resources and the clinical process currently used to achieve these measures. The centers for Medicare and Medicaid services do require FNP's to report ECQM electronically, this helps to improve monitoring of healthcare quality state and nationwide (CMS, 2024)  CMS launched the Meaningful Measures Initiative back in 2017, which looked to identify priority areas for improvement. The goal of this initiative was to enhance health care outcomes for patients and also their caregivers. Furthermore this initiative looked to make quality reporting easier by reducing administrative task on providers,...

Before reading the Case Study, learn more about the 5 D's of an Antibiotic Stewardship here Case Study: Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Chronic Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's) in Primary Care Patient Background: Name: Mary Thompson Age: 68 Gender: Female Medical History: Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) (6 episodes in the past year) Medications: Metformin, Lisinopril, Aspirin 81 mg, Nitrofurantoin (prophylactic) Presentation: Mary Jones, a 68-year-old Caucasian female, presents to the clinic with complaints of urinary urgency, burning sensation, and lower abdominal discomfort for the past three days. She reports a history of recurrent UTIs despite multiple courses of antibiotics. She follows proper hygiene, stays hydrated, and has tried cranberry supplements but continues to experience frequent infections. Clinical Findings: Vital Signs: BP 138/82 mmHg, HR 78 bpm, Temp 99.2°F, RR 16, SpO2 98% on room air Physical Exam: Mild suprap...

Conclude your reflection with a Brief, but inspiring description on how you envision using CLINICAL DATA MINING in your practice setting In the article "Framework for Mining and Analysis of Standardized Nursing Care Plan Data" presents a comprehensive approach to understanding and utilizing nursing care data. Khokhar and colleagues, 2018 discussed how large data sets have tailored the cycle of nursing care. Within the Urgent care setting, clinical data mining can be vial to identify patterns and trends that can inform APRNs and nursing of appropriate interventions. Utilizing data mining allows for providers and nurses to make interventions appropriate for acute conditions, barrier to health care, decision making and patient care quality (Khokhar, 2018). Data mining can also be used to provide early identification of non-compliant patients, frequent patient visits and provide an accurate transition for proactive care models. This alone will allow for better utilization of res...