Integration of Health Services into Rural Areas (Essay Sample)

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Abbott, P. & Effken, J. A. (2009). Health IT-enabled Care for Underserved Rural Populations: The Role of Nursing. Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, 16(4): 439– 445. DOI:  10.1197/jamia.M2971
The paper’s focus encompasses outlining benefits associated with integrating health IT especially in the rural areas whereby commuting by health workers is a challenge. Hence, it advocates enabling of IT besides calling upon rural stakeholders to embrace the emergent knowhow that will avail most of the information to the ailing patients in their respective locations in need of it especially those experiencing chronic maladies.
Bakken, S., Stone, P. W. & Larson, E, L. (2008). A Nursing Informatics Research Agenda for 2008–18: Contextual Influences and Key Components. Nursing Outlook. 56(5). 206–214.e3. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.06.007
Authors’ focus in this study is about setting the future’s mode of imparting nursing informatics education whose basis ought to be on genomic healthcare, research paradigms, and community based (Bakken, Stone & Larson, 2008). This is to ensure inclusion of varied interdisciplinary aspects geared to facilitate acquisition of knowledge so far proven essential in advancing medical care. Therefore, the study is more of advice to medical policy makers towards initiating appropriate strategies effective in imparting quality informatics education.
Ball, M. J., & Hannah, K. J. (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet. London: Springer.
This is an informative source best for both medical practitioners including nurses and other personnel whose specializations lie in advancing health technology. The book offers numerous and varied case studies essential for nursing curricula as well as continuing education students in other interdisciplinary studies or programs (Ball & Hannah, 2011).
Chang, J., Poynton, M. R., Gassert, C. A. & Staggers, Nancy. (2011). Nursing informatics competencies required of nurses in Taiwan. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80(5). 332–340.
The article after a meticulous research proves essence and immediate requirement of Taiwan nurses equipped with adequate information concerning nursing informatics. This is by comparing them with their US counterparts with the intention ensuring effective data processing and storage. The source serves confirms the essence of informatics knowhow especially among nurses not only Taiwan professionals but in other states.
Davis, S. (2012). Why is informatics a leadership challenge for community practitioners? Community Practitioner, 85(3), 14. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/927566512?accountid=458
The author in this article asserts the essence of informatics in the management and processing of data. This is especially in the current evolving world of medical field whereby due to the urge of delivering quality services, the aspect of technology has crept in. Therefore, the study is essential in availing information concerning the extent and essence of informatics in the medical field that has turned to be a challenge to numerous community practitioners.
Foldy, S. & Savel, T. G. (2012). The Role of Public Health Informatics in Enhancing Public Health Surveillance. Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office (proposed), CDC, 61(03), 20-24.
In this supplement, authors cite varied benefits associated with the introduction of informatics in the medical field especially in terms of information response, nursing and even management. Hence, prompting them to advocate the necessary entities to have effective strategy in enhancing the expertise with the intention of having public health surveillance besides identifying obstacles that may render the vision to be far from realized. The source acts as an informative content for strategists and community stakeholders in influencing them to embrace as well as outline the necessary resources meant to aid in realizing nursing informatics inclusion.
Harmer, S. (2011). Informatics challenges all areas of nursing. Nursing Management, 18(6), 12. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/897007278?accountid=458
Harmer in this study presents its content from a personal point of perspective citing the current evolution of nursing field whereby practitioners after attaining information and storing it adequately, together with patients can access it with ease. Hence, there is a need for every nurse to acquire adequate technological knowhow on how to manage data effectively and make it available to the required entities.
Knudsen, L. M. M. & Moen, A. (2013). Nursing Informatics: Decades of Contribution to Health Informatics. Health Inform Research, 19(2): 86–92. . DOI: 10.4258/hir.2013.19.2.86
Knudsen and Moen in their study focus on the current understanding of “Nursing informatics” as well as how the education has enabled trainees to offer quality services. The basis of their argument is on health of the community, hospital and home-based treatment especially for mobile practitioners (Knudsen & Moen, 2013).
Laura, W. (2013). Computerization in Nursing Handoffs. American Journal of Nursing, 113(4). 4-16.
Laura in his study despite admitting sharing of information is essential especially among nurses when tending to their assigned patients, the author reports of surprising absence of technological knowhow among medical staff. Therefore, the author in this study relays benefits of having computerized equipments specifically designed for each practitioner’s specialization with the intention of enabling him/her master it effectively.
Newlon, C. M. & Dixon, B. E. (2010). How Do Future Nursing Educators Perceive Informatics? Advancing the Nursing Informatics Agenda through Dialogue. Journal of Professional Nursing, 26(2). 82–89
In this study, authors relay future nurses’ perceptions concerning the essence of informatics knowhow integrated in education system. This is to ensure future graduates will have adequate expertise on how to manage data in their respective fields. Some of the nurses agreed to the idea but others did not show much interest especially if they were the ones to initiate the entire process, hence depicting lack of informed students concerning informatics.
Todd, R. J. & Bernstam, E. V. (2010). What is biomedical informatics? Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 43(1). 104–110.
In this article, the author highlights the prevailing confusion regarding exact meaning of biomedical informatics where they eventually give its an exact meaning. They cite it is the science of data usually used in the field of biomedicine holding certain related content essential in varied applications in that field. The sources is essential because it addresses varied aspects of data found in this field, hence eliminating confusion based on how people perceive the field it is all about.
References
Abbott, P. & Effken, J. A. (2009). Health IT-enabled Care for Underserved Rural Populations: The Role of Nursing. Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, 16(4): 439– 445. DOI:  10.1197/jamia.M2971
Bakken, S., Stone, P. W. & Larson, E, L. (2008). A Nursing Informatics Research Agenda for 2008–18: Contextual Influences and Key Components. Nursing Outlook. 56(5). 206– 214.e3. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.06.007
Ball, M. J., & Hannah, K. J. (2011). Nursing informatics: Where technology and caring meet. London: Springer.
Chang, J., Poynton, M. R., Gassert, C. A. & Staggers, Nancy. (2011). Nursing informatics competencies required of nurses in Taiwan. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80(5). 332–340.
Davis, S. (2012). Why is informatics a leadership challenge for community practitioners? Community Practitioner, 85(3), 14. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/927566512?accountid=458
Foldy, S. & Savel, T. G. (2012). The Role of Public Health Informatics in Enhancing Public Health Surveillance. Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office (proposed), CDC, 61(03), 20-24.
Harmer, S. (2011). Informatics challenges all areas of nursing. Nursing Management, 18(6), 12. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/897007278?accountid=458
Knudsen, L. M. M. & Moen, A. (2013). Nursing Informatics: Decades of Contribution to Health Informatics. Health Inform Research, 19(2): 86–92. . DOI: 10.4258/hir.2013.19.2.86
Laura, W. (2013). Computerization in Nursing Handoffs. American Journal of Nursing, 113(4). 4-16.
Newlon, C. M. & Dixon, B. E. (2010). How Do Future Nursing Educators Perceive Informatics? Advancing the Nursing Informatics Agenda through Dialogue. Journal of Professional Nursing, 26(2). 82–89
Todd, R. J. & Bernstam, E. V. (2010). What is biomedical informatics? Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 43(1). 104–110.
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