NSG 3039 Week 4 Discussion Telenursing and Telemedicine
NSG 3039 Week 4 Discussion Telenursing and Telemedicine
Today’s health practice continues to adopt technology to enhance outcomes and ensure that operational benchmarks are achieved conveniently and efficiently. Telenursing represents the use of information technology to provide nursing services to reduce physical barriers between patients and nurses or between nursing teams (Balenton & Chiappelli, 2017). As a rapidly growing field, telemedicine involves the provision of medical services technologically at a distance. Patients communicate with health care providers using information technologies instead of physical visits to facilitate patient observation, diagnosis, and treatment (Bhaskar et al., 2020). This discussion explores how to encourage both patient and provider engagement when piloting a new telemedicine system.
Encouraging Patient and Provider Engagement
A new telemedicine program will have better outcomes if patients and providers
NSG 3039 Week 4 Discussion Telenursing and Telemedicine
engage in it fully. Indeed, the chances of success would be directly proportional to the level of engagement. The first way of encouraging engagement when piloting the telemedicine program is facilitating the necessary resources. There should be adequate resources during the piloting process to avoid inconveniences. Secondly, it is crucial to fix the skill gap in adopting telemedicine by material and information delivery. Brochures, posters, and flyers can be hanged in the hospital and emailed to patients and providers as appropriate. Tina Gustin (2021) found that education and training programs are highly effective in changing providers’ perceptions of technology in health care. Accordingly, information and guidance on how the system works and expectations should be prioritized. The other important thing is motivation. Introducing new tech-based programs triggers a change in organizational culture. Providers and patients can be motivated using rewards and other strategies when they embrace the technology as required. Lastly, working in teams should be encouraged to help providers guide and encourage each other.
Overall, a successful engagement of patients and providers in the new telemedicine program requires a multidimensional approach. Support is crucial besides resource allocation. New technologies can also be challenging to adopt hence the need for educational/training programs. Above all, it is important to remember that a new telemedicine system triggers culture change. Accordingly, it would work better when health care providers work in teams.
NSG 3039 Week 4 Discussion Telenursing and Telemedicine References
Balenton, N., & Chiappelli, F. (2017). Telenursing: Bioinformation cornerstone in healthcare for the 21st century. Bioinformation, 13(12), 412–414. https://doi.org/10.6026/97320630013412
Bhaskar, S., Bradley, S., Chattu, V. K., Adisesh, A., Nurtazina, A., Kyrykbayeva, S., … & Ray, D. (2020). Telemedicine across the globe-position paper from the COVID-19 pandemic health system resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) international consortium (Part 1). Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 644. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.556720
Tina Gustin, D. N. P. (2021). Preparing nurses for roles in telehealth: Now is the time!. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 26(1), 1-13. https://www.doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol26No01Man03