NR361 RN Information Systems in Healthcare

Healthcare providers utilize information on a daily basis in order to treat and diagnose their patients. The moment the patient leaves the physician’s office, it is their responsibility to monitor and maintain their health. Today, they are expected to know a lot about their health and to even play a more active role in managing their own care. Very often, family members, and friends would play a role in the caretaking process. Today, a number of health information technology tools have been develop to play a facilitating role in helping patients as well as assisting caregivers with this responsibility. One such tool is known as a Personal Health Record (PHR) and over the past decade, there has been a growing demand for this type of application/technology by both patients and their providers