1. Implementing Electronic Tablet-Based Education of Acute Care Patients
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Louise Saladino, Bradi B. Granger, Monica J. Nelson, Corilin Meggitt, Sarah K. Baxt, E. Philip Lehman, Tenita Sawyer, Susan C. Locke, Delphine Washington, Vickie McKee, Cheryl A. Brewer, Margaret Bowers, Catherine L. Gilliss, and Amy P. Abernethy
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Heart Failure ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,Professional development ,MEDLINE ,General Medicine ,Device use ,Critical Care Nursing ,medicine.disease ,Mobile Applications ,Workflow ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Patient Education as Topic ,Acute care ,Preparedness ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Medical emergency ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Poor education-related discharge preparedness for patients with heart failure is believed to be a major cause of avoidable rehospitalizations. Technology-based applications offer innovative educational approaches that may improve educational readiness for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings; however, a number of challenges exist when implementing electronic devices in the clinical setting. Implementation challenges include processes for “on-boarding” staff, mediating risks of cross-contamination with patients’ device use, and selling the value to staff and health system leaders to secure the investment in software, hardware, and system support infrastructure. Strategies to address these challenges are poorly described in the literature. The purpose of this article is to present a staff development program designed to overcome challenges in implementing an electronic, tablet-based education program for patients with heart failure.
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- 2016
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