NURS 6431:Week 5 Discussion

NURS 6431:Week 5 Discussion

NURS 6431: Evaluation Methods for Health Information Technology | Week 5

Sally Smith is a nurse informaticist at the Forest View Hospital in a small midwestern town. The organization has just completed a project: moving to a new, more efficient electronic patient record (EPR) system for capturing and analyzing patient information. The CFO of the hospital, who was hesitant about spending the large amount of money required for the project, now wants justification of the value of the purchase and implementation. She has asked Sally to conduct an evaluation. NURS 6431:Week 5 Discussion.

This week, you review the parts of a PICO question, and you develop a question that addresses the evaluation goal and viewpoint for the scenario you selected last week. NURS 6431:Week 5 Discussion.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Formulate a PICO question for a health information technology evaluation plan
• Evaluate PICO questions for thoroughness and clarity