How Professionals in Healthcare Companies Interact with Informatics Specialists Responding to Leatrice C

Hello Leatrice,

I like your post. I value your views regarding how professionals in your healthcare company interact with informatics specialists. Your proposal that the IT team observe a nurse or nurse manager is a great way to enhance these relationships. IT workers can better grasp the data that can be captured and the unique requirements of the nursing staff by directly monitoring how nurses use EHRs and other electronic records (Rossi et al., 2022). Ultimately, this would result in more effective data collection and usage by fostering collaboration and bridging the gap between the IT and nursing departments.

Establishing regular communication channels and meetings between informatics specialists, data/technology specialists, and other professionals could be another technique to enhance interactions in addition to shadowing. Communication channels and conferences offer a forum for exchanging updates, debating data needs, and collaborating on problems or difficulties (Zhang & Zhang, 2022). Different departments may work together more successfully, ensure everyone is on the same page, and pursue shared goals by encouraging open and constant communication. This can help prevent needless delays or misunderstandings and promote a more coordinated approach to providing treatment.

References

Rossi, L., Butler, S., Coakley, A., & Flanagan, J. (2022). Nursing knowledge captured in electronic health records. International Journal of Nursing Knowledge. https://doi.org/10.1111/2047-3095.12365

Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H. (2022). The development of intelligent education and teachers’ professional informatization led by an intelligent ubiquitous network. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3997080

Responding Linda Ayim

Hello Linda,

This is a great post. I like your observations on how nurse informaticists and technology experts connect with other healthcare professionals and your recommendation to set up an interdisciplinary training and collaboration workshop. Facilitating possibilities for shadowing between informaticists/technology specialists and frontline healthcare workers is another tactic to enhance these encounters. Informaticists and technology experts learn firsthand about the difficulties and opportunities in clinical practice by giving them time to observe and comprehend the workflow and requirements of nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals (Carboni et al., 2022). As a result, collaboration will improve, and informaticists and technology experts will be able to create solutions more suited to healthcare providers’ unique requirements and preferences.

Promoting a shared responsibility and continuous learning environment can benefit business connections (Pfajfar et al., 2022). All stakeholders can communicate openly and continuously by setting up chances for informal information exchange, such as lunch and learn meetings or online discussion forums. This can assist in removing obstacles and fostering a collaborative atmosphere where everyone feels at ease sharing their opinions, experiences, and worries. Nurse informaticists, technology experts, and other professionals can collaborate successfully and influence good healthcare delivery changes by emphasizing ongoing learning and open communication.

References

Carboni, C., Wehrens, R., van der Veen, R., & de Bont, A. (2022). Conceptualizing the digitalization of healthcare work: A metaphor-based Critical Interpretive Synthesis. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114572