Analytical essay example
Health Information Technology Adoption and Practice
- Subject
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Type
- Analytical essay
- Citation style
- APA 6
- Length
- 7 pages
About this sample
The paper examines the adoption of health information technology (HIT) in healthcare and argues that successful implementation depends on managing workflow, staff training, prior experience, outcome reporting and stakeholder support. It then turns to barriers to adoption, beginning with the high cost of implementation. The paper is organised as two numbered lists, one of success factors and one of impediments, under separate subheadings.
- Health information technology adoption
- Workflow and efficiency during transition
- Staff training and experience
- Resistance to change
- Implementation cost as a barrier
- Stakeholder support
How it opens
Health information technology (HIT) has become the answer to several crucial problems that were thought to have been the outcome of inadequate communication regarding patient information among healthcare providers. There has been considerable success in adopting HIT in providing healthcare. Nonetheless, inability to implement HIT and effectively utilize it has nothing to do with any possible financial or clinical benefits to healthcare practice. As a result, it is necessary to realize the barriers to adoption and pinpoint factors that foresee or prevent the effective application of HIT in a healthcare environment.
The quantity of work needed to manage the existing system typically increases when there is transformation through the adoption of HIT. This is an inescapable fact that will remain true for a long time. This goes against popular opinion which holds that there are effectiveness and efficiency benefits from the adoption of information technology.
Indeed, the moment a new system is installed and is operating effectually, efficiency will increase, and the general workflow will reduce. Still, when shifting to new information systems, workflow increases, and this intensified workflow will persist for an extended period (Leonard, 2004).
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