Rethinking Healthcare Tech: Why Nurse-Led Innovation is the Prescription for Success
Ali Fakher, BSN, RN,
UN Nurse & Global Health Innovator | NurseHack4Health Winner | Leading Voice in Nursing Transformation | Championing Nursing Leadership & Empowerment | Pioneering a Brighter Future for Modern Nursing
In the fast-paced world of healthcare, technology is a double-edged sword. While it holds immense potential to improve patient care and streamline workflows, poorly implemented tech can become a frustrating burden for nurses, the very individuals it's meant to empower.
Too often, healthcare technology solutions are conceived in boardrooms, far removed from the realities of the clinical setting. This top-down approach leads to clunky interfaces, confusing workflows, and tools that fail to address the specific needs of nurses at the frontline.
Why is this the case?
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The answer is clear: we need a paradigm shift. Healthcare technology must be shaped by the hands that use it – the hands of nurses.
Here's the prescription for success:
Empowering nurses through tech isn't just about improving workflow efficiency, it's about enhancing patient care. When nurses have tools that support their clinical judgment, decision-making, and communication, they can deliver the highest quality care, improve patient outcomes, and ultimately, build a stronger healthcare system for all.
Join the conversation! Share your thoughts on nurse-driven tech, your biggest tech frustrations, and what tools you envision as the future of healthcare. Let's work together to rewrite the script for healthcare technology, one line of code at a time.
Ali Fakher, I fully support your vision of nurses using their nursing knowledge to solve healthcare problems, improve and innovate patient care in independent, autonomous community nursing practices. Alliances with other healthcare providers , notably physicians, therapists, pharmacists and more is essential to providing holistic care; a concept supported by a group of nursing professionals working to build a culture or cultures of community health. We call ourselves the Nurses Culture of Health Alliance or NCHA. You and your followers are invited to go to www.nchalliance.org, a website designed as a platform for communication between allies in healthcare reform. Registration is complimentary; membership and sponsorships are only pending, currently. Hope this helps to begin that conversation you advocate we begin, sooner rather than later.
Co-founder | Chief Nursing Officer | Product Evangelist @ In-House Health. Optimizing nurse scheduling to empower healthcare providers.
10 个月Great read, you are totally right. Healthcare innovation needs to be driven by those who practice it. This is why #nurses are real champions of innovation! We in In-House Health acknowledge that and we build our product together with the nurses.
Innovative Nurse Leader in Care Management and Value-Based Care
10 个月My tech frustration is all these new software companies developing devices and software platforms for documentation without clinicians or nursing input and then expecting nurses to "connect" them to providers or "sell" their products. How can I advocate for the use of something that had, little to no clinical input from a Nurse? I can't
Speaker | Author | Nurses Feed Their Young Founder | Nursing Continuing Education Consultant | Workplace Culture Consultant & Trainer | Hospice Marketing Trainer & Consultant
10 个月Ali Fakher, BSN, RN, absolutely agree! For too long nurses have been kept out of the design process for tech innovation. It’s time to design with the frontline in mind. And that means having frontline nurses, the end users, at the planning table. It also means that nurses must be able to communicate and articulate what is needed. Nurses must be capable of advocating for themselves and their patients. Leadership must be prepared to accept the truth of nursing that many times may equate to extra time and resources needed. Let’s bring this conversation! ??
Healthcare Consultant | Expert Leadership Coach | CMS Regulatory Expert | Top Healthcare Executive | Compliance Specialist | Servant Leader
10 个月Absolutely, Ali Fakher, BSN, RN,! I couldn't agree more with your perspective. Nurse-led innovation labs and funding for nurse-driven startups are crucial in developing healthcare tech that truly meets the needs of those on the front lines.