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The Impact Of Nurse-Patient Engagement With Health Information Technology On Patient Portal Usage, Quyen Thuy Vo
The Impact Of Nurse-Patient Engagement With Health Information Technology On Patient Portal Usage, Quyen Thuy Vo
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The patient portal, a Health Information Technology (HIT) tool, was created to promote patient engagement with available health information to improve health outcomes. Low patient portal use of available educational interventions with a HIT tool is an identified problem at a rural hospital in North Carolina. Low usage could be related to nurses’ unfamiliarity with HIT tools. This DNP project provided nursing staff with a flipped classroom learning module on utilizing available HIT tools within the hospital setting, increasing nurses’ engagement with the patient portal. A sample of Registered Nurses (RNs) from two units who were previously taught to utilize …