DISCUSSION 2: IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS
Discussion 2: Important Terminology and Concepts
An understanding of certain terms and concepts happens to be critical in the field of nursing. There are various terms and concepts in nursing that should be explored in order to improve nursing practice. The two terms that I selected as the main focus for this discussion are interoperability and sustainability. Interoperability, as Dassiti et al (2013) point out, refers to the ability of components or systems to use and exchange information. Essentially, interoperability has got to do with the ability to exchange information or work together in a meaningful and effective way. On the other hand, the authors define sustainability as the ability to endure or continue to function despite the economic, ethical/social, and environmental changes. Essentially, the main focus of sustainability happens to be the results and not the means of achieving the said results (Dassiti et al, 2013). There may be need to understand the function of the said terms for the effective application of information... Many healthcare systems are not sustainable. This is more so the case given that the existing health systems consume a lot of resources and also generate a lot of waste. Therefore, Garde et al (2007) suggest that defining and understanding the function of sustainability will help in development of health information systems (HIS). It would also be...…others technological (Garde et al, 2007). For instance, interoperable health systems may be affected by a barrier such as poor coordination from different health systems or facilities that facilitate health information exchange (HIE). According to Powell and Alexander (2019), lack of coordination among different health systems may impact nursing practice. This is more so the case given that developers and providers may engage in activities that interfere with use or exchange of health information leading to information blocking. As a consequence, access to patient records could be severely restricted. In addition, developers and providers may respond to information blocking by charging fees so as to gain financially. As a result, exchange of information may be cost-prohibitive…
References
Dassiti, M., Jarmin-Goncalves, R., Molina, A., Noran, O., Panetto, H. & Zdravkovic, M. M. (2013). Sustainability and Interoperability: Two Facets of the Same Gold Medal. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8186, 250-261.
Garde, S., Hullin, C. M., Chen, R., Schuler, T., Granz, J., Knaup, P. & Hovenga, E. J. S. (2007). Towards Sustainability of Health Information Systems: How Can we Define, Measure and Achieve it? Studies in Health Information and Informatics, 129(2), 1179-1183. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-774-1-1179Powell, K. R., & Alexander, G. L. (2019). Mitigating barriers to interoperability in health care. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 23(2). https://www.himss.org/resources/mitigating-barriers-interoperability-health-care
Nøhr, C., Kuziemsky, C. E., Elkin, P. L., Marcilly, R., & Pelayo, S. (2019). Sustainable health informatics: Health informatics as alchemists. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 265, 3–11. Doi: 10.3233/SHTI190129
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