Implementing Electronic Health Record

Implementin" rel="nofollow">ing Electronic Health Record Order Description Assignment: Application: Adoption of New Technology Systems As a nurse, you can have a great impact on the success or failure of the adoption of EHRs. It is important for nurses to understand their role as change agents and the ways they can in" rel="nofollow">influence others when addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the challenges of changin" rel="nofollow">ing to a drastically different way of doin" rel="nofollow">ing thin" rel="nofollow">ings. Everett Rogers, a pioneer in" rel="nofollow">in the field of the diffusion of in" rel="nofollow">innovations, identified five qualities that determin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">individual attitudes towards adoptin" rel="nofollow">ing new technology (2003). He theorized that in" rel="nofollow">individuals are concerned with: Relative advantage: The in" rel="nofollow">individual adoptin" rel="nofollow">ing the new in" rel="nofollow">innovation must see how it will be an improvement over the old way of doin" rel="nofollow">ing thin" rel="nofollow">ings. Compatibility with existin" rel="nofollow">ing values and practices: The adopter must understand how the new in" rel="nofollow">innovation aligns with current practices. Simplicity: The adopter must believe he or she can easily master the new technology; the more difficult learnin" rel="nofollow">ing the new system appears, the greater the resistance that will occur. Trialability: The adopter should have the opportunity to “play around’ with the new technology and explore its capabilities. Observable results: The adopter must have evidence that the proposed in" rel="nofollow">innovation has been successful in" rel="nofollow">in other situations. Note: You are not required to purchase Rogers’ book or pursue further in" rel="nofollow">information regardin" rel="nofollow">ing his list of five qualities. The in" rel="nofollow">information provided here is sufficient to complete this Assignment. The full reference for Rogers’ work is provided below the due date on this page. For this Assignment, you assume the role of a nurse facilitator in" rel="nofollow">in a small hospital in" rel="nofollow">in upstate New York. You have been part of a team preparin" rel="nofollow">ing for the implementation of a new electronic health records system. Decisions as to the program that will be used have been fin" rel="nofollow">inalized, and you are now tasked with preparin" rel="nofollow">ing the nurses for the new system. There has been an undercurrent of resistance expressed by nurses, and you must respond to their concerns. You have a meetin" rel="nofollow">ing scheduled with the nurses 1 week prior to the train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing on the new EHR system. Consider how you can use the five qualities outlin" rel="nofollow">ined by Rogers (2003) to assist in" rel="nofollow">in preparin" rel="nofollow">ing the nurses for the upcomin" rel="nofollow">ing implementation. To prepare Review the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources this week about successful implementations of EHRs. Consider how you would present the new EHR system to the nurses to win" rel="nofollow">in their approval. Reflect on the five qualities outlin" rel="nofollow">ined by Rogers. How would addressin" rel="nofollow">ing each of those areas improve the likelihood of success? By Day 7 of Week 6 Write a 3- to 5-page paper which in" rel="nofollow">includes the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: Usin" rel="nofollow">ing Rogers’ (2003) theory as a foundation, outlin" rel="nofollow">ine how you would approach the meetin" rel="nofollow">ing with the nurses. Be specific as to the types of in" rel="nofollow">information or activities you could provide to address each area and in" rel="nofollow">include how you would respond to resistance. Analyze the role of nurses as change agents in" rel="nofollow">in facilitatin" rel="nofollow">ing the adoption of new technology.