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This thesis concerns the adoption of health information technology in the medical sector, specifically electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs have been seen as a great benefit to the healthcare system and will improve the quality of patient care. The federal government, has seen the benefit EHRs can offer, has been

This thesis concerns the adoption of health information technology in the medical sector, specifically electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs have been seen as a great benefit to the healthcare system and will improve the quality of patient care. The federal government, has seen the benefit EHRs can offer, has been advocating the use and adoption of EHR for nearly a decade now. They have created policies that guide medical providers on how to implement EHRs. However, this thesis concerns the attitudes medical providers in Phoenix have towards government implementation. By interviewing these individuals and cross-referencing their answers with the literature this thesis wants to discover the pitfalls of federal government policy toward EHR implementation and EHR implementation in general. What this thesis found was that there are pitfalls that the federal government has failed to address including loss of provider productivity, lack of interoperability, and workflow improvement. However, the providers do say there is still a place for government to be involved in the implementation of EHR.
ContributorsKaldawi, Nicholas Emad (Author) / Lewis, Paul (Thesis director) / Cortese, Denis (Committee member) / Jones, Ruth (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor)
Created2013-05
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Professional nurse involvement in shaping the electronic health record continues to be minimal in spite of the presence of shared governance models. The redundancies and nurse dissatisfaction with the electronic health record requires a new approach. The advancement of a shared governance model to a professional governance model has resulted

Professional nurse involvement in shaping the electronic health record continues to be minimal in spite of the presence of shared governance models. The redundancies and nurse dissatisfaction with the electronic health record requires a new approach. The advancement of a shared governance model to a professional governance model has resulted in an increase in professional role involvement in four areas:

1. Accountability.
2. Professional obligation.
3. Collateral relationships.
4. Decision-making.

Increased professional nurse involvement results in, nurses more actively engaged in problem solving to improve nurse satisfaction with the electronic health record. Evidence reflects a positive impact on nurse satisfaction when a professional shared governance structure is in place and guides the professional practice of nurses specific to autonomy and accountability. Additionally, evidence also revealed that nurses have a desire to be included in the quality of design, implementation and sustainability of electronic documentation.

ContributorsDrexler, Diane (Author) / Malloch, Kathy (Thesis advisor)
Created2018-04-27