Capella 4900 Assessment 3: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources Consideration Name Capella university NURS-FPX 4900: Capstone Project for Nursing

Capella 4900 Assessment 3: Technology, Care Coordination, and Community Resources Consideration Name Capella university NURS-FPX 4900: Capstone Project for Nursing

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Introduction

This assessment is the continuation of our capstone project focused on a particular patient named Brian who is a 52-year-old hypertensive patient and tolerated hypertensive crises lately. His poor socioeconomic condition, being a smoker, alcoholic, and obese are the primary causes of his presenting illness. In this assessment, the focus is kept on the role of technology, care coordination, and community resources in Brian’s condition to plan and implement an intervention that Brian’s condition requires and also suffices Brian’s preferences.

Impact of Healthcare Technology on Hypertension

 Electronic Health Record (EHR) or Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is an emerging health technology that has been adopted by various healthcare institutions to store data related to patients’ health and medical record in digital form. This technology has a great impact on hypertension by improving the accessibility and accuracy of health and medical record of patients which can include patients’ past medical history, medication history, blood pressure measurements, and other related test results. Physicians and nurses can access the patient’s hypertensive data more quickly from EHR as compared to paper-based medical and health records, which may have chances of errors in recording and interpreting handwritten recorded data.

Moreover, healthcare professionals can manage patients’ data with chronic diseases like hypertension with long lists of past blood pressure measurements and medication transitions. EMR or EHR can also ameliorate the coordination of care by enabling the easy sharing of information related to hypertensive patient data. Furthermore, EMR also enables the improvement in quality of care, and quality measurement as the better health outcomes of patients are indicative of the better performance of health professionals and effective provision of quality of care (Donnelly et al., 2022).

Capella 4900 Assessment 3

  Every technology has its own advantages and disadvantages when they are installed or need to be installed. In this case, EMR/EHR have also various advantages which give a convincing explanation to adopt in healthcare systems to reduce hypertension crises events. For example, prompt access to health and medical record of patient data will enable healthcare providers to make informed and shared decisions timely without further delays in finding patient data. Furthermore, EHR access to patients can lead to patient-centered care and has the potential to support the management of chronic diseases like hypertension efficiently (Hazazi & Wilson, 2021). EHR also promotes improved collaboration and coordination among the interprofessional teams in healthcare as real-time sharing of patient information is possible with this technology. This improves the coordination of care and the quality of care delivered to patients (Vos et al., 2020). 

The disadvantages that are associated with the EMR/EHR technology are the initial costs that are required to implement or install this technology in the hospitals as it requires various software, and hardware like a computer or mobile phone systems, training of healthcare staff on using EHR in a better way. Furthermore, security and confidentiality are the main concerns that might get leaked in case of poor management or violation of HIPAA guidelines (Keshta & Odeh, 2020). These disadvantages can be minimized by having adequate investments and adequate management of the systems to secure patient health information data from getting leaked.   

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EHR technology has been used as current technology in various health setups as professional practice for better storage and organization of patient health data and improved sharing of these data among health providers. The potential barriers to this technology are technical issues or system downtime that may hinder its use in some healthcare setups. Additional barriers are cost-related issues, and training requirements in utilizing this technology. According to a study, the costs related to EHR implementation ranged from $67,750 to $ 50,26000 (Mc Cord et al., 2019).  

Care Coordination and Utilization of Community Resources for Hypertension  

Hypertension is one of the chronic conditions which cannot be treated by medication alone and requires long-term management along with medication adherence. This requires care coordination among the interprofessional teams such as cardiologists, nurses, pharmacists, and lifestyle coaches or instructors. The coordination among these multidisciplinary team members will ensure that patients like Brian