Description
For this assessment, you will complete an evidence-based patient-centered needs assessment of prospective health care technology that will improve patient engagement. You will write a 4–5 page paper explaining the process and considerations that went into completing the patient needs assessment.
Evidence-based practice is a key skill in the toolkit of the master’s-prepared nurse. Its goal is that health care practitioners use the best available evidence to improve population health outcomes and make the best clinical decisions (Gallagher et al., 2020). In essence, evidence-based practice is all about ensuring quality care.
For this assessment will begin to apply some of the evidence-based practice strategies you have learned to ensure quality care for an individual patient. The primary strategy that you will utilize to accomplish this is an evidence-based patient-centered needs assessment. A patient-centered needs assessment can help you organize the relationships between ideas, challenges, or terms to utilize the best evidence to plan interventions. The overall goal of the resources and this assessment is to allow you the opportunity to apply evidence-based practice and personalized care concepts in order to improve the health of a single patient.
REFERENCE
Gallagher, F. L., Koshy Thomas, B., Connor, L., Sinnott, L. T., & Melnyk, B. M. (2020). The effects of an intensive evidence‐based practice educational and skills building program on EBP competency and attributes. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 17(1), 71–81.
Patient-centered needs assessment is a critical element in nursing care. The findings from the needs assessment can be effective tools for organizing a plan of action, prioritizing patient care strategies, and developing personalized care approaches that improve patient engagement. In addition to organizing care, they can aid in ensuring that the patient’s care is individualized to their health conditions as well as familial, cultural, and environmental circumstances.
The purpose of a needs assessment is to identify priorities of a community or patient population. The findings of a needs assessment can be an extremely useful tool to help organize and plan care decisions for a specific patient or group. By conducting a needs assessment, a nurse can then use the best evidence to guide the interventions selected to meet the identified needs and improve patient engagement.
Develop a 4–5 page patient-centered needs assessment to demonstrate how to leverage health care technology to improve patient engagement and outcomes for a specific patient population. This could focus on a disease or a disorder based on the best available evidence that has been individualized to treat your patient’s health, economic, and cultural needs.
The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the rubric. Be sure that your paper addresses all of the bullets below, at minimum. If you are having a difficult time choosing a topic, review the Healthy People 2030 topics and try to find a topic that is interesting and relevant to you.
Identify the importance of addressing patient engagement in the management of a patient’s specific health, economic, and cultural needs based on the best available evidence.
Why is patient engagement necessary to ensure that patients are better able to manage their specific health conditions?
What evidence in the current literature(within the last 5 years) supports the benefit of patient engagement?
Explain the potential use and impact of information and communication technology tools needed to improve consumer health literacy for a specific patient population.
Consider what type of health care technology modalities are useful to improve consumer health literacy
Are there mobile applications, telehealth features, or other technology that can facilitate improving patient care?
Evaluate the value and relevance of the technology modalities that may be used to address the needs identified in the patient population assessment.
How does each proposed technology modality encourage patient engagement in an ethical, culturally sensitive, and inclusive way?
Ensure that your strategies:
Promote honest communications.
Facilitate sharing only the information you are required and permitted to share.
Enable you to make complex medical terms and concepts understandable to your patient and their family regardless of language, abilities, or educational level.
Consider how health information exchange and interoperability of technology modalities contribute to their value.
Identify innovative strategies for leveraging technology to support quality, ethical, and efficient patient care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for the identified patient population.
Consider how the selected technology impacts the patient in the most efficient way.
Is the selected technology culturally and linguistically appropriate?
Explain how the proposed strategies will mitigate the risk of adverse outcomes due to inequity in access to patient personal health data and technology modalities.
What are potential risks that could lead to adverse outcomes for certain members of the population?
How will those risks be mitigated?
How have your proposed strategies been used previously to address iniquities and risks?
Convey purpose of the assessment narrative in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style
Length of narrative: 4–5 double-spaced, typed pages. Your narrative should be succinct yet substantive.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your evaluation, recommendations, and plans. Current source materials are no older than five years unless they are seminal works. Be sure you are citing evidence to support that your information is evidence based.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply evidence-based practice to plan patient-centered care.
Identify the importance of addressing patient engagement in the management of a patient’s specific health, economic, and cultural needs based on the best available evidence.
Competency 3: Evaluate the value, relevance, and ethics of available evidence upon which clinical decisions are made.
Evaluate the value and relevance of the technology modalities that may be used to address the needs identified in the patient population assessment.
Competency 4: Integrate evidence based practice, technology tools, and scholarly research to address patient and population needs.
Explain the potential use and impact of information and communication technology tools needed to improve consumer health literacy for a specific patient population.
Identify innovative strategies for leveraging technology to support quality, ethical, and efficient patient care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for the identified patient population.
Explain how the proposed strategies will mitigate the risk of adverse outcomes due to inequity in access to patient personal health data and technology modalities.
Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Convey purpose of the assessment narrative in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence, and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
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APA Style Seventh Edition Paper Template: A Resource for Academic Writing
American Psychological Association (APA) style is one of the most popular methods
used to cite sources in the social sciences, but it is not the only one. When writing papers in the
programs offered at Capella University, you will likely use APA style. This document serves as
an APA style resource for the seventh edition guidelines, containing valuable information that
you can use when writing academic papers. For more information on APA style, refer to the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, also referred to as the APA
manual (American Psychological Association, 2020b).
The first section of this paper shows how an introduction effectively introduces the reader
to the topic of the paper. In APA style, an introduction never gets a heading. For example, this
section did not begin with a heading titled “Introduction,” unlike the following section, which is
titled “Writing an Effective Introduction.” The following section will explain in greater detail a
model that can be used to effectively write an introduction in an academic paper. The remaining
sections of the paper will continue to address APA style and effective writing concepts,
including section headings, organizing information, the conclusion, and the reference list.
Writing an Effective Introduction
An effective introduction often consists of four main components, including (a) the
position statement, thesis, or hypothesis, which describes the author’s main position; (b) the
purpose, which outlines the objective of the paper; (c) the background, which is general
information needed to understand the content of the paper; and (d) the approach, which is the
process or methodology the author uses to achieve the purpose of the paper. This information
will help readers understand what will be discussed in the paper. It can also serve as a tool to
grab the reader’s attention. Authors may choose to briefly reference sources that will be
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identified later in the paper as in this example (American Psychological Association, 2020a;
American Psychological Association, 2020b). The Writing Center has developed the acronym
POETS to help describe the proper writing style for submissions. POETS is the acronym for
purpose, organization, evidence, tone, and sentence structure (Capella Writing Center, n.d.).
There will be more on this later.
In an introduction, the writer will often present something of interest to capture the
reader’s attention and introduce the issue. Adding an obvious statement of purpose helps the
reader know what to expect, while helping the writer to focus and stay on task. For example, this
paper will address several components necessary to effectively write an academic paper,
including how to write an introduction, how to write effective paragraphs, and how to effectively
use APA style.
Level 1 Section Heading Is Centered, Bold, and Title Case
Using section headings can be an effective method of organizing an academic paper.
Section headings are not required according to APA style; however, they can significantly
improve the quality of a paper by helping both the reader and the author, as will soon be
discussed.
Level 2 Section Heading Is Aligned Left, Bold, and Title Case
The heading style recommended by APA consists of five levels (APA, 2020b, pp. 47–
48). This document contains multiple levels to demonstrate how headings are structured
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was used. That section heading describes how a Level 1 heading should be written, which is
centered, bold, and using uppercase and lowercase letters (also referred to as title case). For
another example, see the section heading “Writing an Effective Introduction” on page 3 of this
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document. The heading is centered and bold and uses uppercase and lowercase letters. If used
properly, section headings can significantly contribute to the quality of a paper by helping the
reader, who wants to understand the information in the document, and the author, who desires to
effectively describe it.
Section Heading Purposes
Section Headings Help the Reader. Section headings serve multiple purposes, including
helping the reader understand what is being addressed in each section, maintain an interest in the
paper, and choose what they want to read. For example, if the reader of this document wants to
learn more about writing an effective introduction, the previous section heading clearly states
that is where information can be found. When subtopics are needed to explain concepts in greater
detail, different levels of headings are used according to APA style.
Section Headings Help the Author. Section headings not only help the reader; they also
help the author organize the document during the writing process. Section headings can be used
to arrange topics in a logical order, and they can help an author manage the length of the paper.
In addition to an effective introduction and the use of section headings, each paragraph of an
academic paper can be written in a manner that helps the reader stay engaged.
Section Headings Can Demonstrate Fine Detail. Short papers and assignments may not
require or need a Level 5 heading, but these will be indented, bold, italic, and title case and end
with a period. Note the text starts on the line at the end of the heading following the period.
How to Write Effective Paragraphs
Capella University’s Writing Center (n.d.) has adopted a new set of writing standards to
assist learners in their goals to improve their scholarly writing. It is based on five skills known by
the mnemonic POETS. In other words, a well-developed Capella paper will demonstrate the
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following standards. The paper will have a clear purpose statement, be logically organized,
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may need that formula to encourage learning in different ways as the learner moves from passive
learner to active scholar. This growth, according to Gilmore et al. (2019), requires the writer to
not only think but also to write differently.
Bias-Free Language
In the seventh edition of the APA manual, another focus is on eliminating bias in
language in order to provide a more inclusive tone in scholarly writing. While long considered a
grammar issue, it is acceptable in APA to utilize they as a singular pronoun (APA, 2020b). In
fact, there is an entire chapter of the manual dedicated to ways to reduce bias in scholarly
writing. It is important to use an appropriate level of specificity in descriptions and use
sensitivity with the use of labels. Other sections include guidelines on age, disability, gender,
race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and participation in research. Be
aware of intersectionality, a term used to describe a person based on their identified multiple
identities, interconnectivity, social context, power relations, complexity, social justice, and
inequalities that can result in oppression (Cole, 2019; Hopkins, 2017).
Considering Direct Quotations
Another important point to consider is the use of direct quotations in papers. While
plagiarism is considered an academic integrity issue, many learners are concerned with issues
such as self-plagiarism and unintentional plagiarism, and there are others who may go as far as
purchasing papers for submission (Colella & Alahmadi, 2019). As a learner travels along their
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chosen academic pathway, their writing skills and mechanics are expected to improve. It is
imperative that the learner transition from finding information and quoting the author word for
word to using the information to support an idea, paraphrase, and then synthesize and express the
findings in one’s own words. Having said that, there are situations in which quotations may be
appropriate, so it is important to cite them properly. According to the seventh edition of the APA
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If there are not page numbers, identify the location in another manner (such as a paragraph
number).
Notice that the above quote contains fewer than 40 words. There is a different style for
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Do not use quotation marks to enclose a block quotation. Start a block quotation on a new
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Conclusion
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style paper, is the final opportunity for the author to make a lasting impression on the reader. The
author can begin by restating opinions or positions and summarizing the most important points
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that have been presented in the paper. For example, this paper was written to demonstrate to
readers how to effectively use APA style when writing academic papers. Various components of
an APA style paper that were discussed or displayed in the form of examples include a title page,
introduction section, levels of section headings and their use, the POETS format, bias-free
language, in-text citations, a conclusion, and the reference list.
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References
American Psychological Association. (2020a). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of
conduct (2002, amended effective June 1, 2010, and January 1, 2017).
https://doi.org.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
American Psychological Association. (2020b). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (7th ed.).
Capella University. (n.d.). Writing Center. https://campus.capella.edu/writing-center/home
Cole, N. L. (2019, October 13). Definition of intersectionality: On the intersecting nature of
privileges and oppression. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/intersectionalitydefinition-3026353
Colella, J., & Alahmadi, H. (2019). Combating plagiarism from a transformation viewpoint.
Journal of Transformative Learning, 6(1), 59–67.
https://jotl.uco.edu/index.php/jotl/article/view/184
Gilmore, S., Harding, N., Helin, J., & Pullen, A. (2019). Writing differently. Management
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Hopkins, P. (2017). Social geography I: Intersectionality. Progress in Human Geography, 43(5),
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Appendix
Tips for the Reference List
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Always begin a reference list on a new page. It should be placed before any appendices, figures,
or tables and titled References.
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Set a hanging indent that starts with the second line and is double-spaced. You can look in the
Paragraph menu of Microsoft Word for formatting the hanging indent so that you will not have to
tab the indent. It gives the text a smoother look that remains consistent, even if you make edits.
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The reference list is in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name. A reference list only
contains sources that are cited in the body of the paper, and all sources cited in the body of the
paper must be included in the reference list. If you did not cite it, do not list it.
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The reference list above contains an example of how to cite a source when two documents are
written in the same year by the same author.
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The lowercase letters are used after the date to differentiate the sources. The “a” reflects
the alphabetical order in the reference list—not whether it appeared first in the text.
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The year is also displayed using this method for the corresponding in-text citations, as in
the following sentence: The author of the first citation (American Psychological
Association, 2020b) is also the publisher; therefore, the word Author is no longer used in
the seventh edition.
DOI is the digital object identifier.
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It can be found on the first page of an article, on the copyright page of a book, in the
database record of a work, or by searching Crossref.
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Even if the book is in print, if there is a DOI, use it.
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Always use the hyperlink format for a DOI—it will always start with https://doi.org/ and will
be followed by a number. If the DOI is not in this format, convert it. Do not alter this
format, and do not add a final period.
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There is a short DOI service at http://shortdoi.org/.
URL is the uniform resource locator.
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If there is no DOI, the URL should be used in the reference.
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The Colella and Alahmadi reference is an example of how to cite a source using a URL. Please
note that you will not use the Capella link that is often provided in the courseroom. If the URL
contains a database title, such as EBSCO or ProQuest, or the name Capella, do not use that in
your citation as it will only work for Capella learners and faculty.
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Evidence-Based Patient-Centered Needs Assessment Scoring Guide
Evidence-Based Patient-Centered Needs Assessment Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Identify the
importance of
addressing patient
engagement in the
management of a
patient’s specific
health, economic,
and cultural needs
based on the best
available evidence.
Does not identify
reasons for why
patient
engagement is
important
Identifies reasons
for why patient
engagement is
important, but does
not do so within the
context of one or
more of a patient’s
specific health,
economic, and
cultural needs
based on the best
available evidence.
Identifies the
importance of
addressing patient
engagement in the
management of a
patient’s specific
health, economic,
and cultural needs
based on the best
available evidence.
Identifies the importance of
addressing patient
engagement in the
management of a patient’s
specific health, economic,
and cultural needs based on
the best available evidence.
Provides specific examples
of patient engagement
strategies that would be
appropriate to apply to the
chosen patient.
Explain the potential
use and impact of
information and
communication
technology tools
needed to improve
consumer health
literacy for a specific
patient population.
Does not identify
the potential use
and impact of
information and
communication
technology tools
needed to improve
consumer health
literacy for a
specific patient
population.
Identifies the
potential use and
impact of
information and
communication
technology tools
needed to improve
consumer health
literacy for a specific
patient population.
Explains the
potential use and
impact of
information and
communication
technology tools
needed to improve
consumer health
literacy for a
specific patient
population.
Explains the potential use
and impact of information
and communication
technology tools needed to
improve consumer health
literacy for a specific patient
population. Supports
explanation with specific
reference to evidence from
professional best-practice or
scholarly sources. Identifies
unanswered questions or
areas of uncertainty about
the individual needs of the
patient or their family, where
further information could
improve the analysis.
Evaluate the value
and relevance of the
technology
modalities that may
be used to address
the needs identified
in the patient
population
assessment.
Does not explain
technology
modalities that may
be used to
modalities that may
be used to address
the needs identified
in the patient
population
assessment.
Does not explain
technology
modalities that may
be used to
modalities that may
be used to address
the needs identified
in the patient
population
assessment.
Evaluates the value
and relevance of
the technology
modalities that may
be used to address
the needs identified
in the patient
population
assessment.
Evaluates the value and
relevance of the technology
modalities that may be used
to address the needs
identified in the patient
population assessment.
Notes how exchange and
interoperability of technology
modalities contribute to their
value. Notes specific ways in
which the communication
strategies promote honest
communication, facilitate
sharing only information that
is permitted under data
privacy rules, and help to
make complex medical
terms and concepts
understandable to your
patient and their family,
regardless of language,
abilities, or educational level.
Identify innovative
strategies for
leveraging
technology to
Does not identify
strategies for
leveraging
technology to
Identifies strategies
for leveraging
technology to
support patient care.
Identifies innovative
strategies for
leveraging
technology to
Identifies innovative
strategies for leveraging
technology to support
quality, ethical, and efficient
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Evidence-Based Patient-Centered Needs Assessment Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
support quality,
ethical, and efficient
patient care that is
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate for the
identified patient
population.
support patient
care.
However, does not
fully address how
that technology
relates to quality,
ethical, and efficient
patient care that is
culturally or
linguistically
appropriate for the
patient population.
support quality,
ethical, and efficient
patient care that is
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate for the
identified patient
population.
patient care that is culturally
and linguistically appropriate
for the identified patient
population. Make reference
to evidence from
professional best-practices
or scholarly sources to
support the use of the
identified strategies.
Explain how the
proposed strategies
will mitigate the risk
of adverse
outcomes due to
inequity in access to
patient personal
health data and
technology
modalities.
Does not describe
how the proposed
strategies may
mitigate the risk of
adverse outcomes.
Describes how the
proposed strategies
may mitigate the
risk of adverse
outcomes, but the
connection to
inequity in access to
patient personal
health data or
technology
modalities is either
unclear or missing.
Explains how the
proposed strategies
will mitigate the risk
of adverse
outcomes due to
inequity in access to
patient personal
health data and
technology
modalities.
Explains how the proposed
strategies will mitigate the
risk of adverse outcomes
due to inequity in access to
patient personal health data
and technology modalities.
Supports the explanation
with specific examples of
strategies that have
previously been applied to
mitigate risks and address
iniquities.
Convey purpose of
the assessment
narrative in an
appropriate tone and
style, incorporating
supporting
evidence, and
adhering to
organizational,
professional, and
scholarly
communication
standards.
Does not convey
purpose of the
assessment
narrative, in an
appropriate tone
and style,
incorporating
supporting
evidence and
adhering to
organizational,
professional, and
communication
scholarly
standards.
Conveys purpose of
the assessment
narrative, in an
appropriate tone or
style. Clear,
effective
communication is
inhibited by
insufficient
supporting evidence
and minimal
adherence to
applicable
communication
standards.
Convey purpose of
the assessment
narrative in an
appropriate tone
and style,
incorporating
supporting evidence
and adhering to
organizational,
professional, and
scholarly
communication
standards. Uses
APA style and
formatting.
Conveys clear purpose of
the assessment narrative, in
a tone and style well-suited
to the intended audience.
Supports assertions,
arguments, and conclusions
with relevant, credible, and
convincing evidence.
Exhibits strict and nearly
flawless adherence to
organizational, professional,
and scholarly
communication standards,
including APA style and
formatting.
Integrate relevant
and credible
sources of evidence
to support
assertions, correctly
formatting citations
and references
using APA style.
Does not integrate
credible sources of
evidence or apply
APA formatting to
in- text citations
and references.
Integrates credible
sources of
evidence, but the
sources used is not
relevant or do not
well- support
assertions. APA
formatting of in-text
citations and
references is
incorrect or
inconsistent,
detracting
noticeably from
good scholarship.
Integrates relevant
and credible
sources of evidence
to support
assertions, correctly
formatting citations
and references
using APA style.
Integrates relevant and
credible sources of evidence
to support assertions.
Exhibits strict and nearly
flawless adherence to APA
style of in-text citations and
references.
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Enhancing Patient Care through Technology: An Evidence-Based Approach to Patient
Engagement and Outcomes
Inna Marisse Caing
Capella University
NURS – FPX6011
Dr. Georgena Wiley
12/18/2023
Enhancing Patient Care through Technology: An Evidence-Based Approach to Patient
Engagement and Outcomes
Introduction
Incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP) to nursing is essential in improving
patient care on the integration EBP into patient-centered needs assessment. This paper
especially targets healthcare technology to assist in engaging patients. The aim is to see how
EBP, coupled with scientific progress in medicine and technology, can be used as strategic
tools tailored to patients’ medical conditions. This paper, by drawing on key principles and
previously published studies including those of Gallagher et al. (2020), will try to point out a
scientific methodological process for using healthcare technology based informed evidence
and individualized the treatment plan focused patient outcomes.
This article will examine the role of patient engagement, how technical tools impact
health literacy and strategies for implementing EBP. It will draw from recent studies such as
Gallagher et al.’s (2020) explorations into programs based on quality improvement, with EBP
related considerations.
Importance of Patient Engagement
Healthcare management includes patient engagement. It directly affects treatment
outcomes and patient satisfaction. It is the idea of actively involving patients in their
treatment, making them co-decision makers with doctors. Tailoring healthcare to patients
whose health, economic and cultural backgrounds differ is especially important. The patients
‘active treatment and care lead to the benefits of higher compliance with the medical plan
reached between doctor and patient; greater satisfaction on their parts, better health outcomes.
In recent literature, the importance of patient involvement is emphasized. However,
research indicates engaged patients are more likely to adhere to a prescribed treatment
regimen and manage their health conditions. For example, the Gallagher et al. (2020) study
cites that evidence-based practice can strengthen clinicians’ confidence and understanding,
stimulate interest from guaranteed care patients, and match current research into best
practices combined with patient preferences and clinical expertise. The research shows that
such intensive educational programs in EBP can help raise clinicians’ competence and quality
levels, ultimately leading to better patient involvement. Evidence-based patient care takes on
new meaning when delivered by informed and engaged clinicians. Such a foundation
promises better healthcare outcomes in support of the quadruple aim to enhance patient
experience as well as population health while reducing costs and improving clinician work
life at the same time.
The possible use and Impact of healthcare technology
Healthcare technology is key to increasing patient involvement and health literacy.
New technologies like mobile applications, telehealth, and electronic health records provide
new opportunities for improving patient care. These methods are not only information
communication instruments but also vehicles for patient-provider interactions that continue to
keep patients involved in their healthcare process. For instance, mobile applications provide
patients with personalized health information and remind them to take medicine. These help
ensure patient compliance with treatment regimens. Telehealth breaks down geographical
barriers, allowing patients- particularly those in remote areas- to obtain expert care and
advice. Electronic medical records allow patient data to pass freely among different
healthcare providers, making the delivery of care a unified and seamless process.
These technologies together help consumers make health information more
accessible and understandable. They give patients a sense of control over their health
outcomes. Furthermore, the study by Gallagher et al. (2020) provides support for EBP as a
way to increase the effectiveness of these technological interventions. The technology used
should be based on the best available evidence. Ignoring EBP will result in negative
outcomes for patients.
Evaluation of Technology Modalities
Measuring value and applicability for patients’ needs to be properly met, all
modalities of healthcare technology need assessment. While technology can be in different
forms, such as mobile applications, telehealth, and electronic health records (EHRs), any
assessments must consider their impact on patient engagement. They also need to see if it is
suitable for a given community’s or population groups’ cultural norms and behavioral
patterns, economic structure of society, information policy environment within.
For example, mobile apps supply personalized care management. There are also
assessment issues for user-friendliness and accessibility among divergent patient populations.
Telehealth has significantly facilitated remote patient engagement, but its effectiveness needs
to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and is subject to caveats for different demographic
groups. Factors like internet accessibility or digital literacy have an impact here, too.
Similarly, electronic health records should be assessed in terms of their security and
confidentiality and whether they are easy to use by patients and healthcare providers.
Moreover, these options must be considered from an ethical and cultural perspective.
These new technologies cannot inadvertently widen the health gap. For instance, as stated by
Gallagher et al. (2020), EBP can be integrated within these modalities so that they not only
reproduce the best evidence available but also customize it further to suit a given patient
population in certain respects appropriately. Thus, a close look at these tools is essential to
ensure that they promote patient involvement in appropriate and desirable ways.
Leveraging Technology for Quality Care
Technology can help find novel ways to improve quality, ethics, and efficiency in
patient care. Technology that is culturally and linguistically suitable is essential. Another
example is that multi-language support can be added to mobile health applications to remove
language barriers and make it easier for people to understand. Culture-sensitive adaptation of
telehealth can contribute to patient comfort and confidence.
In addition, health information exchange systems are particularly significant. They
facilitate the electronic exchange of patient information among different healthcare providers
and thus ensure care continuity and increase its breadth. These tactics encourage open
dialogue, so that health care providers can deliver critical information while protecting the
patient’s privacy. Furthermore, they explain even complex medical terms to patients and
families without regard for educational background or whether the patient understands.
Their integration with evidence-based practices was the backbone behind helping patients
receive high quality, culturally sensitive, ethical, and cost-effective care. Here, technology
plays an important role in narrowing the gap between delivery of health care and
improvement in patient outcomes.
Mitigating Risks and Addressing Inequities
Eliminating the risks and inequalities of healthcare technology should be an important
objective for providing safe, fair patient care. The greatest problem is the digital divide-people’s socioeconomic status determines how much access they have to technology. This
can result in unequal access to and outcomes of medical care. Some ways of cutting this
include providing low-cost or free digital devices and observing the mass growth in internet
connections. Another risk is data privacy and security. As adopting electronic health records
and telehealth becomes increasingly widespread, ensuring patient privacy is more important
than ever. Taking effective cybersecurity measures plus patient education about data privacy
is a step in the right direction.
Also, it must be asked whether or not technology might eventually replace human
interaction in medicine. That is very important because technology is not meant to replace
human relationships between patient and provider. This is consistent with the work of
Gallagher et al. (2020), which shows that when these technologies are deployed, evidencebased practices must be used. The chosen technologies must be effective, just, and culturally
accessible. With these factors in mind, healthcare providers can use technology to enhance
quality care and reduce risks; they also have the opportunity to level inequities based on one’s
place of residence.
Conclusion and Recommendations
Conclusively, applying healthcare technology will help increase patient involvement
and effectiveness. This approach, itself rooted in evidence-based practice, places great
importance on a culturally sensitive and secure technology. Healthcare providers should
combine mobile apps with telehealth and electronic health records to serve patients’ diverse
needs and enhance patient care. As long as technologies are constantly assessed and
modified, they must keep pace with evidence-based findings like those of Gallagher et al.
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