Introduction
The principal goal of the healthcare industry is to provide all patients with decent care irrespective of their peculiarities. Many healthcare policies are designed for this, but some of them can influence various patients differently. At the same time, technology is of crucial significance for nurses when it comes to patient outcomes. Healthcare policies impact health disparities in a particular way, while nurses should use technology correctly to promote health and prevent disease nationally and globally.
Health Disparities
There are many healthcare policies that have a particular meaning. According to Thomson et al. (2018), these policies can have even opposite meanings. For example, immunization is said to reduce inequalities, while low emission zones increase them. At the same point, some do not have particular results at all. Thus, the impact of healthcare policy is peculiar in every separate case, which means that it depends on many external factors.
Nurses and Technology
Technologies have penetrated many spheres of modern life, and the healthcare system is not an exception. Many tools are used to help nurses better understand patient needs and provide them with the necessary care. Among them, the electronic health record (EHR) deserves specific attention because it allows collecting and analyzing information to make decisions that would be beneficial for patients (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015).
This and similar technological tools can be helpful both nationally and globally, which depends on their area of distribution. Automatic analysis of information is said to minimize the number of healthcare mistakes. Moreover, technology helps nurses save time on analyzing data and allot it to caring for patients. In other words, a continually increasing number of technology applications being in use will promote health and prevent diseases in many world countries.
Conclusion
In the modern healthcare industry, the issues of health disparities and technology are of high importance. On the one hand, the health inequalities depend on policies to be implemented because the latter ones can influence these variations both negatively and positively. On the other hand, one should note that it is of crucial significance for nurses to deal with various technological tools because this approach is said to contribute to better healthcare outcomes.
References
Lavin, M. A., Harper, E., & Barr, N. (2015). Health information technology, patient safety, and professional nursing care documentation in acute care settings. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 20(2). Web.
Thomson, K., Hillier-Brown, F., Todd, A., McNamara, C., Huijts, T., & Bambra, C. (2018). The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: An umbrella review. BMC Public Health, 18(1). Web.