ANIA 2023 Annual Conference

P11 - Social Media and the Impact on the Nursing Informatics Workforce

Debra B. Graham, DNP, MBA, NI-BC, EBP-C, University of Texas at Tyler | Stephanie H. Hoelscher, DNP, RN, NI-BC,CPHIMS, CHISP, FHIMSS | Ashley Krause, MHA, BSN, RN-BC | Celess Tyrell, BA, DES | Katherine Taylor-Pearson, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CLSSBB, CPHIMS, CPBI, CKM, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Tags: social media implementation strategy

Updated: 04/08/23

Background: Professional organizations play a crucial role in disseminating information to their specialty groups about providing instructions on how to change behavior to mitigate risks, motivating compliance with health directives and addressing false information. Social media (SoMe) platforms are a critical tool in risk communication, providing a medium for rapid transmission of messages as well as providing the opportunity for engagement and immediate feedback

History: Over the last ten years, there has been significant growth in the utilization of different social media platforms. Current social media platforms most commonly used are LinkedIn, Twitter, Slack, Facebook, and Instagram. Our organization meets quarterly to review topics and contents and coordinate final published works to the internet. The group’s current priority postings include, Talk Tuesdays, Fun Fact Fridays, Self-Care Saturdays, and membership highlights on Spotlight Sundays while ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion for all members. The critical question ahead is how effective is our current SoMe strategy and how should we proceed in the upcoming 18 months? As a result, we designed the following research question.

PICOT: Among nursing informaticians throughout the United States and Canada(P), does the use of social media (I) compared to in-person networking (C) have a greater impact on job selection, professional development, and learning opportunities (O)?

Literature review: We reviewed over 300 recently published articles in PubMed to help us design our future media strategy. Current research has demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the exposure and attention given to nurses in the global media (Peng, 2022). Other literature suggested nurses used social media as channels to gain and share information and support each other by highlighting the need for training and changes in delivery of care and redeployment. Further, social media functioned as profession-promoting channels partly sharing heroic self-representations and acknowledgment of front-line persons in the pandemic, partly by displaying critical working conditions (Glasdam, et. al, 2022). Most impressively was a recent study completed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) that suggested the most widely used SoMe was LinkedIn (60.8%). Among the advantages of SoMe, respondents indicated the chance of being updated on recent publications (66.0%), networking (48.5%), and the availability of rare or interesting cases (47.9%) as the most useful. Regarding the disadvantages of SoMe, the respondents underlined the loss of personal contact (40.7%), the inability to get "hands-on" training (38.7%), and the lack of control regarding quality of scientific evidence (37.1%). Overall, most articles indicated that social media is increasingly used for professional purposes for scientific knowledge, networking, and case-based learning.

Way ahead: Lessons learned through this committee are anticipated to discuss a variety of issues regarding policy, training, and security involving social media and how it can be redesigned to assist all nursing informaticians and promote our efforts in a positive view. Future considerations will also include designing an online survey to facilitate feedback and utilizing forums as the our national conference to facilitate feedback to create media platforms which are helpful to the informatics community.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P12 - Building a Hospital-Based Registry to Support In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality Improvement

Darrell DeMartino, DNP, APRN, NRP

Tags: informatics registry cardiac arrest nurse-led initiative

Updated: 04/03/23

In-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) are a significant healthcare issue. A way to improve outcomes is through quality improvement (QI) efforts. This requires the collection and analysis of core metrics. Many hospitals in the United States lack robust data and/or data systems to support QI initiatives.

Purpose: This EBP project entailed development of an in-hospital, small-scaled registry. It is designed for hospitals unable to participate in a national registry due to cost or lack of adequate resources.

Project description: The developer utilized research to identify key metrics essential to improved cardiac arrest care. These key metrics were used as core data elements in the registry. Utilizing best practices in software development, the author developed a "simple-to-use" registry. Healthcare professionals who were not formal abstractors performed functional and usability testing on the registry. The user experience questionnaire (UEQ) was utilized to provide an evaluation of the system. Improvements were made based upon feedback, and the system was moved from development to implementation into a 68-bed short-term acute care suburban community hospital.

System description: The system was built with available technologies to the organization, thus not incurring any additional cost for new software or technology. The system utilized Microsoft 365 as the framework building on existing organizational access permissions. Data were stored using Microsoft Lists on a SharePoint team site. Microsoft Lists offered many features that a traditional spreadsheet offers with some added benefits and without the overhead or complexity of a database system. With Microsoft Lists, permissions were maintained on the data independent of the application providing an additional level of security. The registry data entry system was developed as a canvas application on the Microsoft Power Apps platform. A multipage data entry system was a key part of the design to keep the interface simple and organize data components. Data validation was built into the app with many of the data fields utilizing a selection dropdown boxes rather than free text entry to ensure data consistency. The Power Apps design supported data entry via desktop, tablet, or mobile device. After initial testing, the author added a reporting tool utilizing Microsoft Power BI. Data feeds were automated to a Power BI dataset updating two times per day. Sample data report with four demographic and incident metrics were configured. The data reports were additionally expanded into an interactive dashboard, fully customizable by the hospital.

Outcome: A small group of users evaluated the registry for usability. Scores for attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, dependability, stimulation, and novelty were obtained via UEQ instrument. When benchmark analysis was performed the registry scored in the top 10% of 4 of the 6 subscales, and top 25% on the other scales.

Conclusion: A "home-grown" registry is a viable alternative to a national registry when financial and human resources are limited. This registry is easily ported from platforms and is an extensible, scalable solution. It is a resource for other hospitals and a model of how to moving to data-driven quality improvement.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P13 - Improving Clinician Efficiency

Deborah Kerezman, MSN-NI, RN-BC, Clinical Informatics Specialist, Children's Hospital of Orange County | DJ Tucker, MSN

Tags: efficiency documentation burden

Updated: 04/03/23

Our institution has been challenged with the time it takes to complete the electronic version of the admission history power form, a vital documentation component of the patient’s episode of care. The process prior to a recent optimization effort required the nurse to use multiple clicks, document duplicate data, and take a significant amount of time away from the patient to complete the admission history documentation component. Like most healthcare organizations, there were many attempts to reduce documentation burden which unfortunately resulted in no value add or reduction of time.

In 2021, post the height of the pandemic, our organization targeted the reduction of documentation burden in the acute areas as a strategic imperative. The discovery process was initiated. As part of our discovery, we partnered with our EHR vendor who had previously engaged in a multisystem collaboration effort to reduce the burden of nursing documentation during the inpatient admission process. The cohort utilized a three-step process for review and evaluation of each DTA and determine gaps among themselves.
1) Are each of the data elements essential?
2) Which data elements are explicitly required during the admission process?
3) Is a credentialed nurse (RN) required to document the specific data elements?

In addition to the evaluation of the data elements process, each of the cohorts completed time studies to baseline the average time the nurse took to complete the admission history process. Additional thoughts contributed to evaluating the frequency of adding more documentation elements to the admission history component. The downfall to adding more data elements is the lack of processes to evaluate the admission history component for duplication or removal of non-essential elements, which may cause noise. As a result of the twelve-organization collaboration and evaluation of each of their admission history processes, they had a significant reduction of documentation elements as well as the time it took to complete the admission history process.

This became a priority for our organization to replicate the work of the twelve-organization cohort. We worked closely with our EHR vendor strategist and consulting team over the course of six months, utilizing a monthly interdisciplinary clinical practice group of 24 nurses for 4 hours per month plus the clinical informatics and technical team. This meeting reviewed the current-to-future state of the project, and similarly to the above twelve cohort, reviewed all data elements on the admission history form utilizing the above three questions for all inpatient units, except the NICU, which will be evaluated later.

In replicating the process of the vendor new model recommendations, our initial implementation yielded the following: 1) 32% decrease in the number of data elements, 2) 52% decrease in clicks to complete admission history form, and 3) 40% decrease in average time to complete the admission history form, which is on track to yield a significant annual savings in hours.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P14 - Does Education Improve Provider Satisfaction with Telehealth?

Erin Jackson, DNP, FNP | Barbara Miller, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC | Latonda Paymon, DNP, FNP-C

Tags: telehealth staff satisfaction education primary care future use

Updated: 04/08/23

The purpose of this poster presentation is to raise awareness within the healthcare community of the importance an educational intervention has on providers use of telehealth services. The learning objectives include understanding why telehealth is important within the primary care setting, understanding provider satisfaction with telehealth and understanding how education affects a provider’s use of telehealth. Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic of 2019, the delivery of medical care has drastically changed (Hirko et al., 2020). Social distancing that occurred with the COVID pandemic necessitated the need for a different way to safely provide care because direct patient care was not feasible. Therefore, the adoption of telehealth, modern technology that delivers healthcare services to patients located in a different location than healthcare staff, drastically increased. This type of care has many benefits for patients including, but not limited to, decreased travel costs, decreased time away from work, easier accessibility for those with mobility needs, and increased access to care with the preservation of standard appointments for more complex needs (Harvard Health Publishing, 2020). Although this type of care is beneficial, future use remains uncertain with the resolution of the pandemic and is dependent on awareness of the benefits of telehealth by providers (Kissi et al., 2020). A study was conducted to determine the impact of a 45-minute telehealth educational intervention on provider satisfaction and intent to use telehealth. The providers were assessed before and after the intervention with a tool that included questions regarding telehealth use, telehealth satisfaction, and intent to use telehealth in future practice. Although statistical significance was not achieved, results of the surveys overwhelming showed that providers felt telehealth was beneficial and that they intended to continue using this type of care in the future. This poster presentation will discuss in depth the background information regarding telehealth, the benefits of this type of visit, the importance of telehealth education, details regarding the educational intervention utilized in the project, details regarding the survey used before and after the intervention, results of the surveys, and implications for practice and future research.

References
1) Harvard Health Publishing. (2020). Telehealth: The advantages and disadvantages. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/telehealth-the-advantages-and-disadvantages
2) Hirko, K.A., Kerver, J.M, Ford, S., Szafranski, C., Beckett, J., Kitchen, C., & Wendling, A.L. (2020). Telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for rural health disparities. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(11), 1816-1818. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa156
3) Kissi, J., Dai, B., Dogbe, C. S., & Banahene, J. (2020). Predictive factors of physicians’ satisfaction with telemedicine services acceptance. Health Informatics Journal, 26(3), 1866-1880. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458219892162

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P15 - Telesitters: The Supernova of the 21st Century Impacting Patient Care

Brenda Yanez, MSN, RN, CMSRN

Tags: patient safety fall prevention video monitoring telesitter

Updated: 04/03/23

The implementation of telesitter video machines has successfully contributed to a reduction in patient falls and reducing the need for one-to-one staff ratios following an increase of these event during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: A Magnet-designated community hospital within a greater hospital system increased resources for bedside staff, meeting the challenges to healthcare following the COVID-19 pandemic. To combat these challenges, this hospital implemented the telesitter video machines (TVM) to impact patient safety.

Relevance/significance: During and following the height of the pandemic, patient fall rates increased as the hospital was faced with several challenges including higher- acuity patients and staffing issues. The TVM is a 360-degree device that effectively communicates with patients needing additional support and were implemented to prevent patient falls and combat staffing challenges. The TMV contributed to both these challenges by providing one-to-one support for patients.

Strategy/implementation/methods: An interdisciplinary team, led by a nurse, collaborated with other hospitals within the healthcare system to adopt best practices tailored to this hospital’s specific qualities. This team started with broad, hospital-wide education and a call out for TVM champions at a division level. With a greater clinical team, they partnered with several hospital-wide groups such as the shared governance council, falls committee, and clinical informatics and technology sub-council. These partnerships help tailor future education and address gaps in awareness such as the development and easy access of the TVM dashboard.

Evaluation/outcomes/results: Since the successful implementation of TMV, 231 patients aged 70 to 79 have been monitored with over 11,000 observation hours logged. Of these patients, 6% were primary Spanish speaking, reporting no issues in their communication with the TMV. Since the implementation of TMV, the hospital’s fall rate has dropped from an average of 1.43 to 0.98, with zero of the 231 patients experiencing a fall while being monitored. Furthermore, pulling staff to provide one-to-one sitters for patients needing additional support has also dropped from an average of 1139 hours to 944 hours.

Conclusions/implications for practice: The TMV implementation has successful contributed to a reduction in patient falls and reducing the need for one-to-one staff ratios.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P16 - Is Perception Reality? Nurses’ Expectations of Smart Pump EHR Interoperability

Sarah Johnston, MSN, RN-BC

Tags: interoperability nurse perceptions change management smart pump nurse informaticist

Updated: 04/03/23

Background/purpose: Smart pump EHR interoperability can offer significant benefits including improved patient safety, enhanced nursing efficiencies, and increased charge capture.1 Interoperability, however, requires significant change to clinical workflows, and this impact on the nursing experience has not been well documented. This study explored the perceptions of medical/surgical (MS) and intensive care unit (ICU) nurses throughout a smart pump-EHR interoperability implementation. Learn how nurse informaticists can help drive change and optimize performance throughout this process.
Method: A non-randomized, exploratory data collection study was conducted at a 172 bed acute-care hospital in upstate New York. MS (n=139) and ICU nurses (n=81) completed a 30-item survey on interoperability expectations, programming confidence, and estimated programming time during 4 study periods: baseline (1 month pre-implementation)and 1, 4, and 6 months post-implementation. Data for each time period were summarized and compared using an analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Results: At baseline, interoperability expectations were very high for both groups (MS mean=90.0/112; ICU mean=90.2/112) and decreased (p.05) and while there were some improvements at 4 months, they remained lower than baseline at six months. Estimated programming time improved at 4 months for both groups. The percentage of ICU nurses that estimated they could program a primary infusion in less than 30 seconds increased from 55% at baseline to 64%, secondary from 45% to 55%, and critical drip from 31% to 50%. The percentage of MS nurses that estimated they could program a primary infusion in less than 30 seconds increased from 46% at baseline to 51%, secondary from 44% to 53%, and critical drip from 13% to 24%.
Conclusions: This study illustrated the change in interoperability perceptions over time. Nurses started with very high expectations, leaving little room for improvement and when it came to incorporating interoperability into clinical practice, expectations were reduced. ICU room layout (e.g., having the pumps and computer on opposite sides of the bed) impacted time/efficiency and underscored the need to adapt workflows to each clinical environment. Even though time/efficiency expectations decreased, nurses thought integration improved safety and was easy to learn. While programming time improved, programming confidence did not, suggesting the need for continued support long after implementation.
It is imperative to set realistic expectations of interoperability and its impact on clinical workflows. The organization’s nurse informaticist is critical to help drive change, manage expectations, and measure performance, enlisting super users to address workflow issues in real-time and build confidence. Interoperability is a dynamic, continuous quality improvement project that requires constant vigilance, ongoing support, and a plan for sustaining success. Reference: 1) Bartos D, Vitoux RR, Schuster C, Curtin CR. Outcomes from a smart infusion pump and electronic health record integration: Improved patient safety, nursing efficiency and return on investment. JIN. 2022;7(3):13-19.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P17 - Usability Evaluation of Electronic Medical Record Training for Unlicensed Assistive Personnel

Paula Smailes, DNP, RN, CCRP

Tags: electronic health record electronic medical record training unlicensed assistive personnel eLearning

Updated: 04/03/23

In 2017, the information technology training and optimization team at our academic medical center made an electronic medical record (EMR) training conversion from instructor-led training (ILT) to eLearning for our unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). While this particular role assists inpatient nurses in direct patient care, some staff were hired into this role join our organization with little-to-no computer literacy or healthcare knowledge. This is an important consideration as they embark on learning the EMR during onboarding. When UAPs took ILT for their EMR training, five hours were allotted. After the class was converted to eLearning, a usability evaluation was conducted to determine the efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction of the conversion. The evidence has shown that an EMR training conversion from ILT to eLearning can be successful for many healthcare roles including nursing; however, little evidence to date addresses UAP.

After the training conversion was made, a usability evaluation began with a course timings report from 940 onboarding UAPs. Data showed that it took this group longer to complete the eLearnings at 6.34 hours than it did to conduct ILT with them. This resulted in a loss, with a return on investment of -$15,115.20 over a 22-month period based solely on UAP training time. From this group, 78 UAPs completed a post-training evaluation. We learned that they generally believed the eLearning was effective via self-evaluation, but the mean satisfaction score was 3.7 from a five-point Likert scale where 1=Strongly Disagree and 5=Strongly Agree.

Knowing that we need to improve on efficiency and satisfaction, we set out to revise the training with this information. In 2021, the eLearning was revamped due to system enhancements in hopes of eliminating redundancy, while reflecting current workflows. The revised UAP eLearning was launched in January 2022 with an evaluation completed in December. The results showed that training time was reduced to less than 4.5 hours, and 81% reported that they were satisfied with the EMR eLearning. The self-reported efficacy data continued to show that these end users believed the eLearning was an effective means to learn EMR workflows.

While the initial evaluation did not show the outcome we had hoped, we used this information to improve upon on training to maximize usability. Having the training in eLearning provides a 24/7 training resource for this end user group to review material as many times as needed to understand required workflows. This conversion has not only contributed to UAP success, but success for our nursing staff and our organization.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P18 - Understanding and Addressing EHR Burden in Nurses

Julia Schneider, PhD, RN, CNL

Tags: nurse satisfaction with electronic health record electronic health record satisfaction electronic health record burden electronic health record maturity compassionomics

Updated: 04/08/23

A statewide comparison study was conducted in two states to identify nurse and setting factors that influence nurses’ satisfaction with their electronic health record (EHR) so that evidence-based strategies can be implemented to address burden. An exploratory descriptive comparative analysis was conducted using a random sample of nurses in two states (n=1117 and n=551). Following IRB approvals, nurses were invited to complete the web-based survey that included the validated 37-item clinical information systems implementation evaluation scale (CISIES) and the 24-item meaningful use maturity-sensitive index (MUMSI). Analyses included logistic regression to analyze odds of satisfaction while controlling for EHR maturity and nurse and setting characteristics. Modeling methods were used to determine variable differences and the impact on odds ratios. Qualitative analysis was used to evaluate the nurses’ narrative responses. Of the nurses surveyed, 29.6% of nurses from the south central state were satisfied with their EHR compared to 36.9% from the midwestern state (p

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P19 - Streamlining Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Documentation during COVID-19 Surge: Impact on Front-Line Nurses

Lilly Mathew, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, Nurse Scientist/Assistant Professor, Northwell Health/CUNY

Tags: documentation burden electronic medical records streamlined process practice implication COVID-19 surge

Updated: 04/03/23

Project description: Electronic documentation burden is well documented in the literature. During the initial COVID-19 surge period in 2020, this burden was elevated to a critical level. Front-line nurses working in a community hospital in the northeast region of the United States reported being overwhelmed with EMR documentation as they were caring for multiple patients who were rapidly deteriorating. Therefore, EMR documentation urgently needed to be streamlined to reduce the documentation burden among front-line clinical nurses. EMR documentation was streamlined strategically in seven critical areas to decrease the documentation burden experienced by nurses during the COVID-19 emergency.

Method: Streamlining the EMR during the COVID-19 surge was initiated by front-line nurses as they reported their concerns to the unit nurse managers. Nurse managers further reached out to nursing administration and, in collaboration with the informatics team, designed a streamlined EMR documentation targeting seven key areas which included patient profile, assessment and intervention, vitals and intake-output flow sheets, medication administration record, plan of care, progress notes, and patient education.

Analysis: A mixed-method study conducted on coping and adaptation of front-line nurses during COVID-19 surge collected data from open-ended questions focusing on nursing adaptations. Qualitative content analysis was conducted using Atlas-ti a qualitative analysis software on n=94 responses describing adaptations made by front-line nurses to cope with changes in the hospital environment imposed during the COVID-19 surge.

Results: Among n=94 responses that were content analyzed to understand adaptations that occurred, one of the major themes that emerged was “streamlined charting.” Some direct quotes as evidence are “Electronic charting was streamlined to make it less cumbersome,” “Charting was less and more concise,” “Less charting as taught to us by our nurse manager,” “most of the time there was so much to do for these patients we had to forget about the charting and adapt to the circumstances,” “we definitely had to adapt our usual focus on charting in the computer to more emergent tasks at the bedside.” This evidence suggests that streamlining EMR documentation may be essential in reducing the documentation burden experienced among front-line nurses during emergency situations, thus promoting positive coping behavior in a rapidly changing clinical environment.

References
1) Gesner, E., Gazarian, P., & Dykes, P. (2019). The burden and burnout in documenting patient care: an integrative literature review. MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All, 1194-1198.
2) Harmon, C. S., Adams, S. A., & Davis, J. E. (2020). Nursing Cognitive-Overload and Electronic Documentation Burden: A Literature Review. Journal of Informatics Nursing, 5(3), 16-30.
3) Olivares Bøgeskov, B., & Grimshaw-Aagaard, S. L. S. (2019). Essential task or meaningless burden? Nurses’ perceptions of the value of documentation. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 39(1), 9-19.

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.

P20 - Creating Academic Opportunities for Facilitating Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations Focused on Emerging Technologies for the Clinical Setting

Heather Carter-Templeton, PhD, NI-BC, FAAN, Chairperson, Adult Health Department & Director of Evaluation, Associate Professor School of Nursing, West Virginia University

Tags: informatics technology competencies education cross-disciplinary

Updated: 04/03/23

Introduction: Authoritative sources have called for nurses at all levels to demonstrate informatics competencies, including those related to understanding the influence, design, and potential use of emerging technologies. Yet, gaps related to incorporating informatics content specifically related to emerging technology and innovation into nursing curricula continue to exist. Knowledge pertaining innovation is important for nurses, particularly as they engage in the process of examining how emerging technologies influence healthcare delivery and as they evaluate the potential uses and impact of emerging technologies.

Description of the problem: Nurses are immersed in the practice and application of care technologies and are positioned to assist in the conceptualization of innovative ideas and designs; however, few have received formal training for such experiences, and collaborations between relevant disciplines such as nursing, engineering, and analytics have been essentially absent in nursing education. Few colleges and universities have responded to national trends on their campuses through innovation labs or centers as well as programs focused on entrepreneurship, business metrics, and data analytics offering opportunities to converge clinical, financial, and administrative perspectives. Leading consulting firms in healthcare organizations suggest that the success of an organization lies in valuable data-driven decision-making based on analytics and performance metrics, which can be taught to students in cross-disciplinary courses focused on innovation and emerging technologies for the healthcare setting. Advancements related to technology in healthcare are accompanied by a need for qualified nurses, business analytics experts, and engineers to work together as their fields intersect. The workforce needs those that understand the healthcare environment as well as technology, yet few are prepared to respond to this national call.

Outcomes: The purpose of this presentation is to share information about the development of a cross-disciplinary course to address the learning needs of nursing, business, and engineering students related to the development of innovative solutions to problems encountered in patient care clinical settings. Activities and assignments created to help equip students with communication and design skills as they enter the workforce or new professional roles will be shared.

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6) Tremblay MC, Deckard GJ, Klein R. Health informatics and analytics - building a program to integrate business analytics across clinical and administrative disciplines. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016;23(4):824-828. doi:10.1093/jamia/oc

Learning Objective:

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to assess innovations being used by other professionals in the specialty and evaluate the potential of implementing the improvements into practice.