Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Research: Challenges and Approaches to Digital Health Programs' Evaluation Using Big Data

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Nursing Leadership
• Digital Health

Background:

• Advanced practice nurses are vital for digital health implementation.
• Virtual monitoring is increasingly integrated into nursing practice.
• Nurses require preparation for interprofessional collaboration in digital health.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore challenges in digital health service implementation.
• To discuss data curation and analysis strategies for large Medicaid datasets.
• To guide nurse leaders in evaluating digital health initiatives.

Main Methods:

• Review of implementation strategies for digital health.
• Discussion of data management considerations for Medicaid research.
• Analysis of challenges in interprofessional team collaboration for virtual monitoring.

Main Results:

• Nurse leaders' roles in resource allocation for digital health.
• Importance of nurse preparedness for virtual monitoring administration.
• Identification of data curation and analysis challenges in Medicaid research.

Conclusions:

• Nurse leaders must facilitate digital health integration.
• Education and training are essential for nurses in virtual monitoring.
• Effective data strategies are needed for Medicaid population research.