Biomedical subjects

A L Renner

Publications and source records attributed to A L Renner.

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Creating care plans via modems: using a hospital information system in nursing education.

Preparing nursing students for the demands of high technology in health professions is a challenge for everyone involved in nursing education today. Advancements in technology have changed the health care delivery system resulting in computerization that affects all areas of patient care. Nursing education programs must assure that all graduates can effectively use computer technology. To address this need, the Wright State University-Miami Valley School of Nursing was one of the first schools in the nation to provide connectivity via computers in the school's student computer lab to a real hospital information system. This connectivity allows the nursing students to create care plans for their assigned patients, plans which after discussion with the instructor and the patients' nurse, are entered into the patients' records. This real-life application allows the students to see not only the results of their decision-making, but the overall process of patient care. The benefits of having students use a nursing information management system include enhanced student motivation, professional socialization, the ability to understand the "whole clinical picture," and decreased fear of computer technology. The computers in the student computer lab play an invaluable role in the education of the nursing students. They give the students the opportunity to experience a real-life application in the nursing profession and prepare them for the world of technology they will encounter after graduation.

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Patient Core Data Set. Standard for a longitudinal health/medical record.

Blue Chip Computers Company, in collaboration with Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health, with support from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Public Health Service, completed Small Business innovative Research research to design a comprehensive integrated Patient information System. The Wright State University consultants undertook the development of a Patient Core Data Set (PCDS) in response to the lack of uniform standards of minimum data sets, and lack of standards in data transfer for continuity of care. The purpose of the Patient Core Data Set is to develop a longitudinal patient health record and medical history using a common set of standard data elements with uniform definitions and coding consistent with Health Level 7 (HL7) protocol and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. The PCDS, intended for transfer across all patient-care settings, is essential information for clinicians, administrators, researchers, and health policy makers.

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The federal and private sector roles in the development of minimum data sets and core health data elements.

This article presents a picture of federal and private efforts in defining minimum data sets and core data elements for health care. For more than 25 years the Federal Government has been engaged in extensive development of minimum data sets and core health data elements. As a major collector and processor of health data, the government identifies, defines, and implements standardized data in the health care field for describing data such as mortality, morbidity, and infectious diseases of the population. This article reports on 17 minimum data sets and core health data elements that are published or in draft form in health care to date. They include regulated data elements that are needed for reimbursement from the Health Care Financing Administration and core health data elements from the Health Resources and Services Administration. They also include recommended data elements for better reporting to the government, and private sector initiatives that are under development, being researched, or in use to standardize data collection for assessing access, quality, and costs of health care. This significant framework can be used in furthering research on the development of the computer-based patient record, the acceleration of data standards, and the evaluation of vocabulary in health care.

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Opening minds. Values clarification via electronic meetings.

Values clarification for nursing practice is one of the most challenging aspects of nursing education. Use of electronic meeting software has been demonstrated to be effective in overcoming typical barriers to student growth. Inhibitions related to fear of censorship are overcome by anonymity of the system. Monopolizing by dominant members is controlled when the ability to speak in parallel exists. Overall, this application of electronic meeting software in the classroom demonstrated involvement of all students in an innovative approach to understand the effect of personal values on health policy development in a graduate nursing course.

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Wired for thought. Electronic meetings in nursing education.

Expanded application of electronic meeting software (EMS) in the business world is attributable to its discovery as a time saving and cost effective strategy for team building and group process. Group process and team building are equally important functions within the higher education environment but frequently consume hours of attention with limited productivity. Enhancements in EMS programs promise exciting solutions for completing crucial activities including strategic planning, negotiating, problem solving, consensus building, faculty/staff evaluation, multidisciplinary research and classroom instruction. The College of Nursing and Health at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio has been "wired for thought." This article presents applications of GroupSystems electronic meeting software from Ventana Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, for solving problems encountered in administration, research collaboration, and classroom teaching within the College.

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