About this Assignment
In this course, you learned that rapidly changing technologies have a drastic impact on nursing and healthcare. One such new area of area of healthcare technology is telemedicine, which has the power to reshape the way we provide care in rural settings, training and continuing education for professionals, and ongoing monitoring for clients, and more.
Imagine your healthcare institution (real or imaginary) has elected to implement an element of telemedicine to improve access, communication, and service. You have been appointed to the strategic planning team to develop the protocol for the use of this element in your institution. You are charged with researching other institutions’ protocols, creating a protocol that is evidence-based and supported by research for your institution, and presenting the final product in PowerPoint format to your board of directors.
Your PowerPoint presentation should:
Be 12-20 slides in length, not including a title slide and reference slides. Your title slide should list the name of the protocol, the date, and the name of the assignment. Your reference slides should provide all references in APA format.
Focus on only one of the elements of telemedicine discussed in the course (Hub and Spoke, Asynchronous, Specialty Consults or Enhanced Learning).
Describe the need for the telemedicine element to be implemented, why the institution is implementing the element, and how the implementation will benefit both the institution and the individuals served. (You have license here to create a reasonable backstory for the need and benefits to your imaginary healthcare institution.)
Clearly and concisely present your proposed protocol, including a discussion of any areas of concern or questions regarding it.
Evaluate the need and importance of a protocol addressing this element. Describe how establishing your proposed protocol aligns with evidence-based practice by incorporating information from at least two (2) scholarly articles.
Include analysis of your research on other institutions’ protocols regarding this area.
Contain a summary slide that wraps up the presentation. This should include any next steps and/or suggestions for your institution’s board of directors.
Be professional and visually appealing. Select appropriate background, coloring, and fonts. You may include pictures, charts, or other visuals as appropriate for a professional presentation.
Using Sources
You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use at least two credible, outside sources and established protocols from healthcare institutions in the area of telemedicine you have selected. Identify any source and any existing protocols from other institutions by citing them in your presentation’s references page using APA format.
Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA format (including the lesson title and instructor’s name).
Primary sources are documents or records that reports on a study, experiment, trial or research project, usually written by the person(s) who did the research, conducted the study, or ran the experiment. You may use resources like CIHNAL, Google Scholar, and/or ScienceDirect to find articles that are considered primary sources.
Secondary sources list, summarize, compare, and evaluate primary information. Secondary sources include reviews, meta-analysis, newsletters and professional news sources, practice guidelines & standards, clinical care notes, or patient education information. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)