Using Health Information Technology

Using Health Information Technology

Introduction

The paper aims to emphasize on the vital issue of Diabetes in nursing practices. Furthermore, the importance of utilizing health information technology in order to effectively and efficiently deal with the patients of Diabetes is provided in the paper as well. Health information technology helps professionals to update their knowledge and skills to give the appropriate care to the individuals (Chlan et al., 2011). The increasingly broad use of the Internet as a source of health information for both physicians and patients is showing rapid growth and more expressive strategies for dissemination of medical knowledge. This helps in providing the best services to the patients and also helps in evidence based drug administration. This reduces the risk of human error and other types of medicine errors and ensures that the patient is receiving the best services. Online journals provide access to the past researches that were conducted Diabetes. It is important for the people to realize the difference between their current practices and those that were held previously (Umscheid et al., 2010).

Utilizing Health Information Technology

There are various types of information sources which include national standards as well as guidelines. The evidence digests and directions provide effective initiatives for both i.e. aspects of diabetes and its management. Health information technology enables professionals to emphasize easily on a specific aspect of diabetes care (Hynes et al., 2010). With respect to supporting education in health practices, the health care journals and libraries consider the operation of texts and multimedia in order to support traditional classroom courses and distance learning courses. The development of a network of information sources to support education will allow these sources to be reused for numerous courses. Walden Library databases are of the significant importance for the professionals in the health care industry. The ...