This document discusses how healthcare organizations can engage patients using health information technology (HIT). It suggests that clinicians should first explore their own understanding of a topic, identify any assumptions or biases, and question how those are influenced. The next steps are to test assumptions as learning occurs, and evaluate what was learned by comparing initial assumptions to new content and understanding how perspectives may have changed.

1. How does HIT effect patient care outcomes?
· Discuss your thoughts on how healthcare organizations and
clinicians can go about engaging patients in the healthcare
process. How does HIT play a role in this process?
· If you were a patient at a healthcare organization, how would
the healthcare employees interact with you? Where would your
group's HIT product fit into the process?
First step is to explore what you think you know and/or
understand about a topic. Then, identify what assumptions and
biases you may have about the topic. Once these have been
identified, you might question them and analyze what might be
influencing your assumptions.
The next step is testing your assumptions as you go along.
Then, evaluate your learning. Compare and contrast your
assumptions and biases with the content. Were there changes,
confirmations, further delineations, and so on? Evaluate the
significance, relevance, and meaning between the content and
your experiential learning; making connections between
content, learning, and practice.