NSG 3150 – Healthcare Informatics
Week 4 – Peer Response Instructions
- Substantially respond to at least two other student posts in a way that prompts further input or provides another viewpoint. Describe a situation from your nursing professional experience that backs up your viewpoint and discuss the social, moral, political, and economic factors impacting your position.
- Please respond to peers thoughtfully, add value to the discussion, and apply ideas, insights, or concepts from scholarly sources, such as: journal articles, assigned readings, textbook material, lectures, course materials, or authoritative websites.
- Provide a rationale for your response with at least one scholarly source using an APA in-text citation and full reference.
Hollie Roberts
Jul 31 at 9:01pm
RFID stands for radio frequency identification. I think it is a good idea along the ideas of when an emergency comes in, the health care provider will have all the information. However, like all technology, it can cause your information to get in the hands of someone that should not have it. Also, in my opinion, progression of technology actually causes less communication along the human population. It helps with the efficiency of health care, but it takes away talking to patients. I am also a big believer in long term studies before just doing something. Cigarettes are terrible for us however 30 years ago everyone smoked without realized it was a carcinogen. Is this radio frequency going to be found years down the road to mess with brains or organ system. Radio frequency is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around 20 kHz to around 300 GHz. I know we use it for our WIFI and phones. These are still all new things within the 20 years. To be so sure it is safe to place a chip within our bodies. It does not seem safe enough with enough research for me to be on board. Then the patients that are not comfortable with the chip may feel they will be treated as an announce/inconvenience. I do feel a lot of patients will benefit from this. Especially ones like elderly, trauma, mentally disabled because of the way of getting the information immediately. The pros out way the cons because of how much good it would bring. However, I personally would need more research before I would be willing to get one.
Dunbar, B. (2015, May 6). What are radio waves?. NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/outreach/funfacts/what_are_radio_waves
LaraSchill
Aug 1 at 9:48pm
The increasing amount of patient data in healthcare has created new challenges for healthcare staff and clinicians. One challenge is the inefficient process of transporting patient records between departments. This can lead to data breaches, as patients are often responsible for carrying their own records. Smart cards can solve this challenge by providing a secure, compact, and efficient way to store patient data. Chip cards, in particular, are a good choice for healthcare smart cards because they are small, durable, and resistant to tampering.
Some specific benefits of smart cards in healthcare are: security as smart cards can be used to store patient data securely, using encryption and other security measures. This helps to protect patient privacy and prevent data breaches. Efficiency that helps to streamline the process of accessing patient data. This can save time and improve the efficiency of patient care. Portability that can be easily carried by patients. This makes it easier for patients to access their own medical records and share them with healthcare providers. Improved quality of care as smart cards can hold a patient’s medical records in one easy-to-transport place. This can reduce the number of medical errors and the need for duplicate medical tests. Increase in productivity as smart cards can store additional data, such as health insurance plans and legal documents. This means that healthcare workers can spend more time caring for patients and less time on paperwork.
Some specific disadvantages of using smart cards in healthcare include cost as smart cards can be expensive to purchase and implement. This may be a barrier for some healthcare organizations. Complexity since smart cards can be complex to use and manage. This may require additional training for healthcare staff. Security vulnerabilities as smart cards are not immune to security breaches. If a smart card is compromised, the data stored on it could be accessed by unauthorized individuals. Infrastructure changes since not all healthcare organizations have the necessary infrastructure in place to support smart cards. However, this is becoming less of an issue as more and more healthcare organizations adopt electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs can be used to store and manage smart card data, which makes it easier for healthcare organizations to implement this technology.
Overall, smart cards have the potential to improve the efficiency, security, and privacy of healthcare data. As the amount of patient data continues to grow, smart cards are likely to become an increasingly important tool in the healthcare industry.
Reference
Carter. (2019). Mobile phone apps for clinical decision support in pregnancy: a scoping review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 1–13. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0954-1
