New technology—and the application of existing technology—only appears in healthcare settings after careful and significant research. The stakes are high, and new clinical systems need to offer evidence of positive impact on outcomes or efficiencies.

Nurse informaticists and healthcare leaders formulate clinical system strategies. As these strategies are often based on technology trends, informaticists and others have then benefited from consulting existing research to inform their thinking.

In this Assignment, you will review existing research focused on the application of clinical systems. After reviewing, you will summarize your findings.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on the impact of clinical systems on outcomes and efficiencies within the context of nursing practice and healthcare delivery.
• Conduct a search for recent (within the last 5 years) research focused on the application of clinical systems.
•  The research should provide evidence to support the use of one type of clinical system to improve outcomes and/or efficiencies, such as “the use of personal health records or portals to support patients newly diagnosed with diabetes.”
• Identify and select 5 peer-reviewed articles from your research.

The Assignment: (4-5 pages)

In a 4- to 5-page paper, synthesize the peer-reviewed research you reviewed. Be sure to address the following:

• Identify the 5 peer-reviewed articles you reviewed, citing each in APA format.
• Summarize each study, explaining the improvement to outcomes, efficiencies, and lessons learned from the application of the clinical system each peer-reviewed article described. Be specific and provide examples.

For this Assignment, review the following:

• AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
• Walden paper template (no abstract required for AWE 4000)
• Resources on health care delivery and financing
• Resources on health care outcomes
• Your selected policy from the Week 1 Discussion. I selected the ( Needle exchange programs (some Federal funding available through CDC; approximately five states have legislation on NEPs) specific legislature i’m working on is ” (House Bill) HB 4344 Text” in West Virginia
• The Week 2 Assignment rubric

By Day 7 of Week 2

Submit a 2- to 4-page paper utilizing the selected policy from Week 1, analyzing the impact of financing and budgetary issues.

In addition to this week’s Resources, perform an informal literature search on the funding of your policy. Include at least two articles that discuss cost-effectiveness and cost controls pertaining to either your policy or nursing practices in general. Use these resources to respond to the following prompts:

• Describe how the policy is funded and annual costs of continuing the policy for the last year.
• Analyze any financial and budgetary efforts developed or being proposed to contain costs.
• Relate current cost-containment strategies, including regulations, managed care efforts, or other financial and budgetary initiatives.
• Describe how the financing of your policy impacts health outcomes and the role of the nurse in the workplace.
• Support your responses with evidence.
  • In addition to the course resources, you must use at least two articles that discuss cost effectiveness and cost conrols.

Support your ideas or those of others with references from the professional nursing literature.