Great post about nursing informatics!  It is fascinating to watch the rate of growth in the area of nursing technology.  You talked about the different specialties in healthcare all working together to get the best outcome for the patient.  Researchers project that nursing informatics will be essential in virtual care delivery and real-time knowledge making by providing information to individualize care in the future (Nagel, Sermeus, & Junger, 2017).  The interconnectedness of healthcare organizations includes continuity of care and promotes well-being.  Information technology has been initiated to improve healthcare quality and provide safe and effective care nationwide (Kossman & Scheidenhelm, 2008).

As healthcare entities, we utilize technology for the majority of our cares.  In the case of an emergency or natural disaster, how do you think this would affect our patient care?  Are we prepared as nurses and physicians to practice without the use of technology? 

References

Nagle, L., Sermeus, W., & Junger, A. (2017).  The evolving role of the nursing informatics specialist. In J. Murphy, W. Goossen, & P. Weber (Eds.), Forecasting Competencies for Nurses in the Future of Connected Health (212-221). Clifton, VA: IMIA and IOS Press. Retrieved from https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_4A0FEA56B8CB.P001/REF

Kossman, S., & Scheidenhelm, S. (2008). Nurses’ perceptions of the impact of electronic health records on work and patient outcomes. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 26(2), 69-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NCN.0000304775.40531.67

                                                                  Article Critique

Directions: For this assignment, you will select and critique one article from a popular media source (e.g., newspaper, magazine, news journal, etc.) that provides information regarding a health disparity within a population group and complete the questions below. 

Please make sure to use complete sentences when answering each question. 

Make sure the health disparity is different from your research assignment.

In addition, the article must have been published within the last 2 years.

1)  Provide the article reference and link. (1point)

2)  What health disparity is the article highlighting? (1point)

3)  Why is this information newsworthy? How would it benefit the public health community? (3 points)

4)  What causes and factors contributed to the health disparity? (2 points)

5)  How does the health disparity affect health outcomes? (3 points)

6)  Does the article make any recommendations or suggest resources that could benefit the public? If not, what suggestions or recommendations would you suggest? (2 points)

7)  Was the article well-written? Justify your rationale? (3 points)

8)  Did it include all pertinent information? Justify your rationale? (2 points)

9)  Was there information or a perspective that the article should have included? If so, what? What else would you have like to have seen? (3 points)

Score calculation:  Total earned   / 20 x 10 =

 Your prospectus will require many updates and changes as you progress through the program. Your literature review chapter alone will require 50 or more articles and be more than 30 pages long. Describe a plan to continue the search for articles and add them to your prospectus over the coming months. 1 page, 

From the first e-Activity, specify whether your state follows the private insurance model or the Medicaid model for its CHIP. Analyze the impact that the choice of model has on the fiscal health of your state(GA). Provide two (2) examples of this impact of model choice to support your analysis.

From the second e-Activity, examine at least two (2) changes to CHIP that have occurred as a result of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Hypothesize the potential effect that the changes in question could have on access to health care for children covered by CHIP. Support your rationale with one (1) specific example of such an effect for each change that you have identified.

  APA format with citations.

  No Plagiarism.

As part of the class on Health Policy and Politics, you are required to write a letter to their legislator. The letters to the legislator will be evaluated for content, form, and clarity.

This assignment will help the student become an active participant in the policy-making arena, which directly affects the nursing profession and our country at large. Included are suggestions for effective written communication to your legislator. The importance of letter writing should not be underestimated as it has been rated by Congress as the number one means of communicating with the legislator. Letters that are written to the legislator are usually reviewed by staff and the various view points are tabulated. Letters with significant opinions or information are directed to the legislator for individual consideration. It is important to note that form letters and post cards receive the least amount of attention from the legislator. Therefore, it is most appropriate to create a letter which is thoughtful and reflects an informed opinion. 

You (the student) are required to create a letter to the legislator in your home district related to a current senate/house bill. You will choose a current health care legislative issue and draft a well written letter to your legislator discussing your opinion regarding the bill. Search http://mlis.state.md.us/#bill to find a health care related bill of interest to you. Attach a brief summary of the bill along with your letter.

When writing your letter, always refer to the issue by its bill name and number. You can look up the name and address of your local legislator at http://mlis.state.md.us. The following page outlines is a list of specific do’s and don’ts that you should consider when writing to your legislator. See 

https://www.thoughtco.com/write-effective-letters-to-congress-3322301