CauseIntermediate
According to the chapter, what are two reasons why early technology implementations in nursing often resulted in limited rewards?
Early implementations produced limited rewards because nurses were rarely included in testing and implementing products designed for their own tasks, and because new products had to interface with older legacy systems that turned out to be incompatible, creating glitches and frustration.
Key points
- Nurses were generally left out of product testing and implementation for nursing tools.
- Purchased products had to work with old legacy systems that were not truly compatible.
- Incompatibilities surfaced as glitches after implementation, frustrating both clinicians and administrators.
Source:Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge· The Human–Technology Interface· p. 467–470
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
McGonigle, Dee; Mastrian, Kathleen; & Kathleen Mastrian
Fourth edition · Jones & Bartlett Learning