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Creating technology-enhanced practice: A university-home care-corporate alliance
Patricia Flatley Brennan1, Laura Burke, Gail Casper
1School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. pbrennan@engr.wisc.edu
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|November 15, 2006
Summary
Integrating consumer health informatics into nursing practice is crucial for realizing innovation benefits. A collaborative approach created a Technology-Enhanced Practice (TEP) to improve home care for patients and caregivers.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Informatics
- Health Information Technology
- Home Healthcare Innovation
Background:
- Consumer health informatics innovations often fail integration into clinical practice.
- Research-developed technologies rarely achieve widespread adoption.
- Bridging the gap between research and practice is essential for innovation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the development and implementation of a Technology-Enhanced Practice (TEP) model.
- To enhance care for home-bound patients and their family caregivers.
- To detail the collaborative process of integrating a web-based health informatics tool into existing practice.
Main Methods:
- A collaborative partnership was formed between researchers, a home care agency, and its corporate parent's Information Systems and Research group.
- A web-based platform, HeartCare2, was co-created.
- The platform was deployed within the established patient portal of the clinical partner.
Main Results:
- A functional Technology-Enhanced Practice (TEP) was successfully developed and integrated.
- The HeartCare2 website was deployed within the partner's existing patient portal.
- The process facilitated the integration of an informatics innovation into home care nursing practice.
Conclusions:
- Collaborative development and integration strategies are key to realizing the benefits of health informatics innovations.
- Technology-Enhanced Practice (TEP) models can effectively bridge the gap between research and clinical application in home care.
- Successful implementation requires partnership across clinical, research, and information technology domains.
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