Determine the need for the new or upgraded telehealth technology. Present your findings and recommendations in an executive summary. Include any available assessments and gap analyses that may have been conducted previously.
Complete the Vila Health: Preparing for a Technology Needs Assessment simulation, linked in the required resources.
The executive summary requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria in the Technology Needs Assessment Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point.
Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
The Guiding Questions: Technology Needs Assessment document, linked in the required resources, provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your assessment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for document format and length and for citing supporting evidence.
Explain the relevance and importance of a needs assessment.
Identify the key issues in nursing care affecting patient outcomes that the new or upgraded telehealth technology will address.
Identify the safety requirements and regulatory considerations when using this technology.
Identify the patient confidentiality and privacy protections that this technology must address.
Describe the potential impact of internal and external stakeholders and end users on the acquisition of this technology.
Support assertions, arguments, conclusions, and recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Document Format and Length
Format your executive summary using APA style.
Use the APA Style Paper Template, linked in the resources. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your executive summary. Be sure to include:
A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
A running head on all pages.
Appropriate level 1 section headings.
The executive summary should be 4 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
Conduct a health information technology needs assessment. Then, present your findings and recommendations, in a 4 page executive summary, regarding a new or upgraded telehealth technology for your organization or practice setting.
The needs assessment you will conduct in your first assessment enables you to take a systematic approach to developing knowledge about a new or upgraded telehealth technology that would impact nursing practice. The needs assessment also identifies assessment work that may already have been completed and any gaps that still exist and must be addressed. The goals of completing the needs assessment are to:
1. Identify gaps in practice that must be addressed to improve patient care.
2. Understand the nature and scope of needed changes and identify associated opportunities and challenges.
3. Enable a thoughtful and systematic approach to change implementation and management.
• Competency 1: Evaluate technologies used to gather patient data; inform diagnoses; and enhance care quality, safety, and outcomes.
• Explain the relevance and importance of a needs assessment.
• Identify the safety requirements and regulatory considerations when using a new or upgraded telehealth technology.
• Competency 2: Develop a collaborative technology integration strategy.
• Describe the potential impact of internal and external stakeholders and end users on the acquisition of a new or upgraded telehealth technology.
• Competency 3: Develop a strategy for managing technology use that enhances patient care and organizational effectiveness.
• Identify the key issues in nursing care affecting patient outcomes that a new or upgraded telehealth technology will address.
• Competency 4: Promote effective technology use policies that protect patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Identify the patient confidentiality and privacy protections that a new or upgraded telehealth technology must address.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
• Support assertions, arguments, conclusions, and recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
• Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.