Informatics
Week 6 Emerging Technology Brief
Grand Canyon University (GCU)
Description:
New health care innovations offer the advanced registered nurse an
opportunity to apply emerging technologies in practice to improve quality
and patient outcomes. For this assignment, research an emerging health
care technology that you think has the potential to overcome current or
emerging barriers to care.
Write a 500-word brief that provides an overview of the technology. Its
purpose, and how it would function in a health care setting. Including any
ethical or legal issues that would accompany the incorporation of the
technology. Discuss how this technology could improve access to care and
promote patient safety and quality.
Refer to the Topic 6 materials for samples and resources to help you
construct your brief.
You are … to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment.
Sources must … published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the
assignment criteria and nursing content.
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