Question

What are the key health policy issues concerning the adoption of health information technology (HIT)?

Critique the role of the MSN level nurse in the adoption process.

Answer 1

1 HIT adoption is important because it increases health care efficiency,quality of patient care,safety of patient care,reduces health care costs,improves health care acess,improves communication.Barriers to HIT adoption are

• inadequate time.
• Inadequate expertise and workforce
• High cost of adoption.
• Lak of interoperability.
• security and privacy concerns.

2 The MSN needs to play an active role on a local,national,and international level in the adoption and use of standard terminologies.Usability is important to informatics poor usability can lead to errors ,jeopardize patient safety and impact acceptance and use of technology.