Here's how you can optimize technology in healthcare settings through nurse-IT collaboration.

Doctors should lead such team collaboration. Nurses, IT professionals and any other team members can contribute but healthcare leadership is to be provided by physicians.

Open, ongoing, professional communication is vital. When preparing to share an issue or concern, solutions should also be presented. This helps identify what might be the best route to improve functionality for the bedside nursing staff. Even with seemingly simple complaints, there may be simple fixes to improve workflow. Even if there isn’t, if IT partners understand the root of the problem, facilitating that collaboration can help identify a satisfactory solution for both parties. Through these collaborations, inefficiencies can be reduced, allowing more time with the patient.

To optimize technology in healthcare settings, foster strong collaboration between nurses and IT teams. Nurses can provide valuable insights into clinical workflows, helping IT professionals design user-friendly systems. Regular communication ensures that technology solutions align with patient care needs, improving efficiency and outcomes. Involving nurses in tech planning and feedback will lead to smoother integration and more effective use of healthcare technology.

First off, it’s critical that nurses have a provider available to them night and day you can take care of the issues they face with patients or residence to address the needs of that elder at the time the nurse is calling. At Dr Liz Geriatrics (DrLizGeriatrics.com), the Doctor Who cares regularly for the elder is the one that is on call for the elder! What one division chief of geriatrics one says was, doctors are like airline mechanics. It doesn’t matter which one you get just as long as they take care of the problem. Well for elders it’s a huge difference between having someone covering who has no idea what goes on with the elder and having someone who knows everything about that elder. Of course it is the nurse that is pivotal.

To make technology work smoothly in healthcare, nurses and IT teams need to set joint goals—kind of like a team-up. Start by identifying where tech can really help. By setting shared goals, both teams can focus on the right projects and use resources wisely. This way, everyone’s working towards the same thing and feels part of the mission. Plus, it makes tackling tech problems more fun and less stressful, like a team solving puzzles together.

One thing I have found extremely successful is doing user centered design around nurses and their process. Nurse are crucial to the successful delivery of care and many times the most impacted by technology change in a healthcare setting. By keeping the nurses at the center of impactful change, you create an environment where nurses are able to thrive.