PLEASE UNPLOAD EACH DISCUSSION SEPARATELYAccording to Deloitte (2019) “Digital technologies are supporting health systems’ efforts to transition to new models of patient-centered care and helping them develop “smart health” approaches to increase access and affordability, improve quality, and lower costs. New technologies are helping with diagnosis and treatment; helping with speed, quality, and accuracy; and improving the patient experience.” (the U.S. and Global Health Care Industry Outlook)While we can likely agree with the statement above, we also know this transformation inevitably comes with many challenges for both healthcare providers and consumers. Resistance to change is one of the biggest challenges. With emerging technologies, customer experience and exposure to information technology are increasing.  The explosion of patient portals, portable technology, self-monitoring wearable devices, etc.… has created a more aware, assertive, and educated patient. How you feel about these changes will greatly impact the success you have with it. Challenges are many, and reflection upon your feelings is vital.Assess the challenges of technological advances in Healthcare.Include the following aspects in the discussion:1) Using your text and other course resources investigate ways to make the digital transformation process as smooth as possible2) Provide an approach from a patient education perspective3) Discuss your personal point of view regarding the health care technology revolution REPLY TO 2 OF MY CLASSMATES DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE. MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS EACH                                              CLASSMATE POST 1 Any change in process is difficult, especially when dealing with a large team or a complex system such as healthcare. When transition into a more advanced digital technology it becomes even more difficult when dealing with the variety of backgrounds and ages the team ranges. Sullivan places it in 5 easier steps to help the transition into a more digital area easier. Those steps include starting with a baseline, conducting a needs assessment, building out the technology and process roadmap, executing and delivering, and ensuring ongoing holistic services and support (Sullivan, 2019). Starting with a baseline is assessing the current system in place and conducting a needs assessment is identifying areas of improvement. Building out the technology and process roadmap is correctly identifying to proper system that best resolves those needs and creating a plan. Executing and delivering is executing the plan that was set with a full team exciting and engaged in the process change. Lastly, ensuring ongoing holistic services and support is continuing to support the staff even after the process and plan is completed to allow for proper support for new team members or other problems that may arise. The best approach I find for patient education perspective is information communication model. This mo ...

1. PLEASE UNPLOAD EACH DISCUSSION
SEPARATELYAccording to Deloitte (2019) “Digital
technologies are supporting health systems’ efforts to transition
to new models of patient-centered care and helping them
develop “smart health” approaches to increase access and
affordability, improve quality, and lower costs. New
technologies are helping with diagnosis and treatment; helping
with speed, quality, and accuracy; and improving the patient
experience.” (the U.S. and Global Health Care Industry
Outlook)While we can likely agree with the statement above, we
also know this transformation inevitably comes with many
challenges for both healthcare providers and consumers.
Resistance to change is one of the biggest challenges. With
emerging technologies, customer experience and exposure to
information technology are increasing. The explosion of patient
portals, portable technology, self-monitoring wearable devices,
etc.… has created a more aware, assertive, and educated patient.
How you feel about these changes will greatly impact the
success you have with it. Challenges are many, and reflection
upon your feelings is vital.Assess the challenges of
technological advances in Healthcare.Include the following
aspects in the discussion:1) Using your text and other course
resources investigate ways to make the digital transformation
process as smooth as possible2) Provide an approach from a
patient education perspective3) Discuss your personal point of
view regarding the health care technology revolution
REPLY TO 2 OF MY CLASSMATES DISCUSSION TO THE
ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE.
MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS
EACH CLASSMATE POST 1
Any change in process is difficult, especially when dealing with
a large team or a complex system such as healthcare. When
transition into a more advanced digital technology it becomes
even more difficult when dealing with the variety of
backgrounds and ages the team ranges. Sullivan places it in 5

2. easier steps to help the transition into a more digital area easier.
Those steps include starting with a baseline, conducting a needs
assessment, building out the technology and process roadmap,
executing and delivering, and ensuring ongoing holistic services
and support (Sullivan, 2019). Starting with a baseline i s
assessing the current system in place and conducting a needs
assessment is identifying areas of improvement. Building out
the technology and process roadmap is correctly identifying to
proper system that best resolves those needs and creating a plan.
Executing and delivering is executing the plan that was set with
a full team exciting and engaged in the process change. Lastly,
ensuring ongoing holistic services and support is continuing to
support the staff even after the process and plan is completed to
allow for proper support for new team members or other
problems that may arise. The best approach I find for patient
education perspective is information communication model.
This model holds importance on proper communication of
information from the sender to the receiver (Hebda, 2018).
When involved in digitized era a lot of the older population
have a hard time with transition. The best way to involve and
help patient’s adapt to change is proper communication and
continual support from the staff. I do see the advancement in
healthcare technology as new inventions and ideas are coming
to light, and diseases and problems are being eradicated. With
the growing of technology it is also making health care more
affordable and accessible. For example, a digital consult with a
pharmacist being more accessible the “googling” your question
and finding an inconsistent or false answer. “As a pharmacist, I
know people would rather go to Dr. Google than talk directly
with their knowledgeable pharmacist. A pharmacist can indeed
answer quick questions about medications, but most patients
don’t know that,” Phuong Le, RPh (Newswire, 2022). It is
imperative with the constant evolution of the information
technology, we as advanced practice nurses are also evolving in
order to efficiently support or patients and
staff. References Hebda, T. L., Czar, P., & Hunter, K. (2018).

3. Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals
(6th ed.). Pearson Education (US).
https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com/books/9780134748436
PR Newswire. (2022, April 29). Advancements TV Series to
Explore how Technology is Removing Barriers to
Healthcare.
PR Newswire US
. Sullivan, T. (2019, May 6).
5 steps to digital transformation for healthcare
. Healthcare IT News. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/5-steps-digital-
transformation-healthcare
According to Deloitte (2019) “Digital technologies are
supporting health systems’ efforts to transition to new models
of patient-centered care and helping them develop “smart
health” approaches to increase access and affordability, improve
quality, and lower costs. New technologies are helping with
diagnosis and treatment; helping with speed, quality, and
accuracy; and improving the patient experience.” (the U.S. and
Global Health Care Industry Outlook)While we can likely agree
with the statement above, we also know this transformation
inevitably comes with many challenges for both healthcare
providers and consumers. Resistance to change is one of the
biggest challenges. With emerging technologies, customer
experience and exposure to information technology are
increasing. The explosion of patient portals, portable
technology, self-monitoring wearable devices, etc.… has
created a more aware, assertive, and educated patient. How you
feel about these changes will greatly impact the success you
have with it. Challenges are many, and reflection upon your
feelings is vital.Assess the challenges of technological advances
in Healthcare.Include the following aspects in the discussion:1)

4. Using your text and other course resources investigate ways to
make the digital transformation process as smooth as possible2)
Provide an approach from a patient education perspective3)
Discuss your personal point of view regarding the health care
technology revolution
REPLY TO 2 OF MY CLASSMATES DISCUSSION TO THE
ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE.
MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS
EACH CLASSMATE POST 2
Health information technology (HIT) helps to align processes,
improve patient care, lower mortality rates, improve care costs
and allow for data collection and analytics (T. Heba, 2018). The
challenges of technological advances in healthcare include
computer literacy, policy, funding, and legal frameworks,
ensuring ethics (including autonomy, nonmaleficence,
beneficence and justice), preparing employees for
implementation, compliance with HIT infrastructure
requirements and ensuring that that patient safety remains the
priority (T. Heba, 2018).
Strategies
Strategies to ensure a smooth digital transition include
establishing a baseline and assessing needs from department,
staff, and patients (diagnose), create a planning roadmap (plan),
communicate during the implementation phase, and ensure
ongoing support and evaluation (Sullivan, 2019). These
strategies are very similar to our nursing process steps,
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation
(Toney-Butler & Thayer, 2022).
Patient Education Perspective
Health technology assessments (HTA) can be used to evaluate
the benefits and costs from a patient perspective. A cornerstone
of patient centered care is obtaining the input from the
consumers using the health information technology. A goal
attainment scale (GAS) survey can be used to assess outcomes
that the patient deems important (T. Concannon, 2022). In
public health this is often done on a population scale and it

5. utilizes social media as a means of crowd sourcing.
My View Point
As a public health nurse, I am concerned about the lack for
computer and health literacy. I worry that health equity will
never be achieved. We need to remember that many people in
our population do not have internet access or ability to use
computers.As a registered nurse that made the switch from
paper charting to electronic medical charting on a very busy
labor and delivery floor, it was difficult. Our older nurses that
did not have any computer knowledge struggled. As a younger
nurse, I adapted quickly and became comfortable with the
changes. I liked having the safety net of medication
administration scanning technology. Our hospital utilized
“Super Users” which were very helpful during the first few
weeks of the implementation phase.As a mother of a chronically
ill child, I use healthcare portals to make all his appointments,
email providers questions and refill prescriptions. When my son
is hospitalized, I have access to lab and test results in real time.
As a medically educated mother this system is very helpful for
planning purposes.
References
Sullivan, T. (2019, May 6).
5 steps to digital transformation for healthcare
. Retrieved September 15, 2022, from Healthcare IT News:
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/5-steps-digital-
transformation-healthcareT. Concannon, Z. P. (2022, June 29).
Scaling The Patient Perspective In Health Technology
Assessments.
Health Affairs Forefront
. doi:10.1377/forefront.20220726.603473T. Heba, K. H. (2018).
Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals
.
Pearson Education .Toney-Butler, T., & Thayer, J. (2022, April
24). Nursing Process.
StatPearls

6. . Retrieved September 15, 2022, from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499937/