Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Electronic patient information has witnessed a gradual rise in usage. Several factors need to be considered before establishing an electronic patient information system in a medical centre. Due to the fact that nurses take the lead in number as regards the professional use of this novel technology, there needs to be a well-defined strategy which will help train and educate nurses on the establishment and use of electronic

Introduction That there is resistance to the adoption of this new technology should not surprise. There is often a fair amount of inertia within any organization when it comes to organizational change in general, and rolling out new technology in particular. Structural inertia has long been studied in organizational change literature – people become accustomed to doing things a certain way, they have fallen into routines, and many people really do

Taken in isolation, some of the new, minimally-invasive procedures are less expensive by far, when analyzed on a procedure-by-procedure basis, than previous significant surgical interventions, as demonstrated below: Procedure Cost Estimated duration of 'cure' CABG 5-7 years PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention 3-5 years Based on the above analysis, it would appear to be clear that a PCI is more cost-effective than CABG procedures. This may not be true when all costs are considered, however. The logic of

employees resist integrating new technologies into workplace duties, and what can be done to prevent employee resistance to technology changes? You know, I'm all for progress. It's change I object to." - Mark Twain The Key Question to be addressed: The salient topic of this paper approaches the question of why there is a predictable and often across-the-board degree of resistance from employees when it comes to approaching - and adapting

Approach Outline for the Meeting with Nurses Undercurrent of resistance expressed by nurses is understandable and these concerns will be addressed fully before the implementation of EHR. Nurses posed several reasons for resisting this new change; however, most of these reasons derive from lack of EHR system misunderstanding and how it functions. Nurses assumed that the EHR implementation would give rise to communication issues as well as lower productivity amid nursing

Technology Business Processes Technology Mediated Organizational Improvement: Spotify's Marketing Mix The proliferation of the personal computer, the high speed internet connection and the personal listening device have all have a dramatic change on the way that consumers acquire and use music. The inception of digital media and file compression has changed the rules of music acquisition for the artist, the consumer and the retailer alike. For the consumer, the acquisition of music