Evaluate evidence available through health information technology that lead to improved patient care

Using the hospital’s health information technology, they located current research indicating that City Hospital’s policy was out of date and that research evidence no longer supported this practice. As a result of accessing and utilizing health information technology to locate evidence-based research, new practice guidelines were crafted and adopted.

This week you evaluate evidence available through health information technology and consider how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Evaluate evidence available through health information technology that lead to improved patient care

Analyze how health information technology supports evidence-based practice

Before the digital revolution, health information technology supplied very limited support for evidence-based practice. If nurses wanted to be informed about cutting-edge research, their best bet was to either subscribe to leading journals or make periodic trips to the library. With the establishment of research databases, however, nurses became empowered to learn about and facilitate interdisciplinary and translational research. Databases are just one example of how health information technology supports evidence-based practice.