Signature Assignment: Adverse Trend and Data Management

An elderly patient has been admitted to the medical/surgical unit
from the local nursing care facility. The new lab results in her
electronic health record (EHR) indicate that she has
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in her urine. She is placed on contact precautions per the hospital guidelines.

The health care provider arrives to examine her new patient and
inquires about the need for contact precautions. The nurse explains the
lab results reveal the patient has MRSA in her urine. The health care
provider states that she reviewed the patient’s lab results in the
emergency room and the urine results were normal. The unit coordinator
reveals to the staff nurse and nurse manager that this is the third
incident this month of lab results being uploaded to the wrong patient’s
EHR when admitted from the emergency department.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper based on the case study in which you:

• Analyze the adverse trend, including how it affects patient care.
• Evaluate the data that needs to be collected, reviewed, and applied
  in the decision-making process to address the adverse trend.
• Evaluate the information system methods that will be used to collect
  the data needed in the decision-making process, including the source(s)
  of the data.
• Evaluate the information technology and tools needed in each step of the decision-making process.
• Evaluate any regulatory, legal, ethical, political, sociocultural,
  and financial issues related to the data and information technologies
  that will be used in the decision-making process.
• Analyze at least two strategies used to advocate and access social justice in health care design and delivery.

Include at least three
peer-reviewed references (you may not use your course textbooks or the
Electronic Reserve Reading article) to support your process improvement
and change project.

Format your paper and reference page according to APA guidelines.