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ANCC Study Guide HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health)  Promote meaningful use of health information technology o Privacy/security of PHI o Improve quality, ... safety, efficiency and reduce healthcare disparities o Improve care coordination, population health and public health o EHR (electronic health record) can engage patients and family  2009 – Transition from paper to electronic charting, incentives to convert by 2015  CDS – Clinical Decision Support  Best practice alert – based on clinical guidelines  Red Text – for abnormal results and VS  Condition-specific order sets/protocols American Telemedicine Association Practice Guidelines  Follow federal, state & local regulations & licensure requirements  Providers shall ensure that the patient is physically located in a jurisdiction in which the provider is duly licensed and credentialed.  Providers shall practice within the scope of their licensure and shall observe all applicable state and federal legal & regulatory requirements  Helpful for patients in rural areas with decreased access to care State Practice Act  NP’s legal right to practice is derived from state legislature  Dictate level of prescriptive authority allowed  Determines scope of practice, mandated education and requirements in each state State Board of Nursing  Enforces state’s nurse practice act, statutory authority to regulate nursing practice  Legal authority to License, monitor and discipline nurses Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)  Prevent inappropriate transfers and “patient dumping” for indigent patients  Requires hospitals to assess & treat patients regardless of ability to pay and provides specific provision for when transfers are allowed. Consensus Model for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)  Allow NP to practice as the fullest extent of their training and certification  National Counsel of the state BON in conjunction with numerous professional organizations  Advocates for the APRN title, independent prescriptive authority & establishes certain minimum standards for NP’s  ***NP’s are not required to have collaborating physician supervision under the consensus model 1 Relative Risk [Show More]

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