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You are a staff nurse
in a primary care provider’s office. You utilize computer charting and
electronic medical records. Consider the case study below and answer the
questions that follow.
Mrs. S. is an 83 year
old woman with multiple medical problems, including chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (for which she sees a pulmonologist), atrial fibrillation and
systolic heart failure (for which she sees a cardiologist), hypertension,
diabetes, depression, and mild dementia. She comes to your provider’s office
today with a new list of medications. Her pulmonologist changed her inhaler
from one brand/strength to another brand/strength, but she is not sure why. Her
cardiologist took her off warfarin, and again she is not sure why.
The provider asks you
to gather all relevant information from her other providers and let him know
what changes were made and why. Because the other providers do not share the
same electronic medical record your office uses, you will have to gather much
of this information manually.
What basic computer competencies (from the TIGER core
competencies) will you need to complete this task? How comfortable are you with
these competencies?
What information literacy competencies (from the TIGER core
competencies) will you need to complete this task? How comfortable are you with
these competencies?
What information management competencies (from the TIGER
core competencies) will you need to complete this task? How comfortable are you
with these competencies?
What opportunities do you see to streamline the care of this
patient (from an informatics perspective)?
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