Wired Hospitals & the Use of IT

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the benefits of utilizing information technology in a hospital. According to the paper, a hospital that is using IT, is known as 'wired'. The paper then takes a look at a hospital that is considered to be one of the 100 most wired hospitals.

Outline:
Introduction
Positive Impacts of being "100's Most Wired Hospital"
On Medical Errors
On Public Trust
Negative Impacts of being "100's Most Wired Hospital"
On Administrators' and Medical Practitioners' Compliance
On Hospitals' Finance Performance
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The said hospital has been using information technology to make a difference in patient and nurse safety. Hand-held personal computers for paperless charting, omnicell technology for medication dispensing, Vocera for communication among employees, wireless portable telemetry to monitor heart of the patients on 3 campuses from a centralized location and nurses' station and identity badges that allows the employees easy admission to selected within the hospital premises as well as the ability to charge meals or items in the cafeteria, gift shop or pharmacy are just some of the technologically integrated system in the said hospital. The public (such as the patients) and the medical professionals working in and out of this kind of hospital have already felt the impact of being with the "100's Most Wired Hospital."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Aspden, P., J. M. Corrigan, J. Wolcott, and S. M. Erickson. 2003. Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
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