NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 1 Concept Map

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NURS-FPX 6011 Evidence-Based Practice for Patient-Centered Care and Population Health

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 Evidence-Based Patient-Centered Needs Assessment

In medical care, an evidence-based, individualized evaluation of needs is essential to examine and comprehend patients’ specific circumstances. Osteoporosis is a disorder of the skeleton, resulting in a lowered density of bone as an outcome of declining mineral content and bone structure, increasing the risk of fracture. Women are more likely than men to develop osteoporosis because they have a lower bone density throughout menopause (Chin et al., 2022). The prevalence and impact of osteoporosis in women demonstrate that a concentrated needs evaluation is necessary to enhance their overall health. This assessment intends to undertake an individualized needs evaluation on osteoporosis to boost patient participation and outcomes.

Importance of Addressing Patient Engagement

Osteoporosis is a severe health concern to the global population, affecting one-third of women over 50. Fragility injuries are a clinical outcome of osteoporosis. It has been demonstrated that an initial rupture is a crucial threat to a subsequent fracture. It is a significant health hazard impacting roughly 200 million women worldwide (Villiers & Goldstein, 2022). It is also expected that by 2025, more than two million fractures from osteoporosis will happen in the United States with $25.3 billion (Kemmak et al., 2020). By managing osteoporosis, healthcare staff can reduce the economic healthcare burden on women.

Acknowledging patient engagement in managing a health condition like osteoporosis is critical to attaining the best possible health outcomes. Patient engagement entails several activities through the active participation of patients in collaboration with medical specialists to collect information and formulate care plans, improving outcomes (Marzban et al., 2022). As adult women gain independence and autonomy, engagement in medical decisions and management is vital to developing self-efficacy to address their health issues more effectively. Patient engagement is critical for formulating high-quality, relevant clinical practice guidelines for osteoporosis care. The National Academy of Medicine advocates that patients participate in guideline formulation panels with doctors, researchers, and other medical experts. Patient engagement affects the integration of patient-relevant issues, outcome decision-making, and approaches to guideline development (Morin et al., 2020).

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Care providers can empower osteoporosis patients to make well-informed decisions by engaging them in their care regimens. Furthermore, recognizing patients’ socioeconomic and cultural preferences makes medical care intervention easier to access, more pertinent, and more efficient. Such interventions can increase patient satisfaction, autonomy, and trust, lowering medical disparities and fostering justice and fairness in care plans (Verdonck et al., 2023). Recognizing cultural implications also enables caregivers to implement interventions consistent with women’s opinions, views, and customs, improving care regimen compliance. Additionally, addressing osteoporosis in women by employing the best evidence-based practices ensures that medical care is supported by scientific investigation and clinical proficiency (Nogués et al., 2022). It ensures that care providers make informed choices based on the most recent and pertinent knowledge, recommendations, and therapeutic alternatives (Verdonck et al., 2023).

Patient Engagement Strategies

Patient engagement methods are critical for managing osteoporosis patients because they promote self-management and encourage favorable lifestyle choices. Interventions tailored to cultural standards, linguistic preferences, and local resources encourage patient involvement. Patient involvement approaches, such as educational strategies, provide broad and easily accessible sources of knowledge regarding osteoporosis, its associated risks, and current therapeutic alternatives, empowering women to participate in their treatment actively (Pakyar et al., 2021).

Women can acquire knowledge about their medical needs by reviewing booklets and infographics. For example, Azmi et al. (2023), demonstrated that a recently published e-book on bone wellness and osteoporosis awareness provides extensive information about bone wellness and lifestyle habits to lower the likelihood of osteoporosis. Pakyar et al. (2021), asserted that interactive educational sessions enable women with osteoporosis to learn about their medical condition actively. These involve group discussions guided by medical specialists in which patients engage in conversations, ask questions, and discuss their experiences with others. By including women with osteoporosis in the formal educational process, these sessions develop a sense of responsibility for their health, leading to self-care of their medical condition, particularly osteoporosis.

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Additionally, promoting shared decision-making between medical professionals and women with osteoporosis enables coordinated approaches to care. Healthcare practitioners can involve patients in shared decision-making by addressing treatment alternatives tailored to women’s needs and preferences (Nogués et al., 2022). Lastly, integrating tools and technologies that allow women to track their bone health and lifestyle variables, including physical activity, and examine medication compliance is crucial to increase patient involvement.

For example, mobile apps, wearables gadgets, and online platforms can deliver instructions, gather data, and deliver tailored input to women, assisting them in staying engaged in managing their osteoporosis. These tools offer patients the opportunity to access educational material and assistance when they need it. They also ease communication between doctors and female osteoporosis patients, allowing continuous surveillance and continuity of care. Employing digital health technologies improves patient engagement and increases self-efficacy in managing their illness (Alhussein & Hadjileontiadis, 2022).

Application and Effect of Information and Communication Technology

Adopting Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) benefits the medical provision by boosting tailored treatment, raising the standard of care, and empowering doctors and patients. Alhussein and Hadjileontiadis (2022), discovered that ICT tools, like mobile apps and internet-based educational platforms, assist women in comprehending osteoporosis and its associated dangers. ICTs, such as mobile osteoporosis apps, improve women’s health awareness. These applications provide health surveillance and instructional material to assist patients in efficiently dealing with their disease.

They provide an efficient approach for osteoporosis patients to explore care options and strengthen self-care (Bendtsen et al., 2024). Moreover, Lewiecki and Bouchonville (2022), asserted that telehealth solutions are crucial for effectively managing diseases like osteoporosis. Evidence revealed that it can significantly reduce health disparities by offering quick access to medical assistance, reducing physical barriers, and improving disease management. Telehealth offers virtual assistance and interaction with care providers to osteoporosis patients, improving disease management. This assistance is critical for the patient’s understanding of lifestyle behavior, and self-management. It promotes customized sharing of information and remedies based on patients’ needs.

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It additionally assists osteoporosis patients in improving their care experience by increasing their comprehension of their condition (Saag & Danila, 2022). Furthermore, Azmi et al. (2023), revealed that electronic educational material like e-books improve the comprehension and knowledge of female osteoporosis patients and offer recommendations about self-management. Additionally, Bendtsen et al. (2024), discovered that digital educational resources are critical for increasing health literacy among women with osteoporosis. They offer information, self-care tools, and engaging modules that enable women to gain knowledge and individualized support. It also aids women in improving their knowledge and self-confidence in osteoporosis care. 

Using ICT in healthcare offers best-practice standards and improves health results for women with osteoporosis. However, uncertainties must be addressed. More research is needed to determine the long-term effects of ICT tools on medical literacy among women with osteoporosis. To address their technical requirements, it is urgent to investigate the expense and access to ICT tools for women from various economic or cultural origins and educational factors. Considering issues like no internet connection or poor technical knowledge can assist in identifying solutions to enable equal access and use of ICT (Saag & Danila, 2022).

Value and Relevance of Technology Modalities

Assessing the value and relevancy of technological platforms in serving the requirements of osteoporosis patients requires investigating the impacts of modalities on patient involvement in care. One critical part of analyzing these modalities is determining their interaction and interoperability, which enhances their value. For example, mobile apps for osteoporosis care are valuable. They are accessible and feature a personalized setting. These apps are culturally competent as they have multi-linguistic features and can be adjusted to different cultural backgrounds.

They enable female osteoporosis patients to have open discussions and manage their medical condition safely. Furthermore, apps can translate complicated scientific terms into simple English, making health concepts attainable to patients despite their education level (Alhussein & Hadjileontiadis, 2022). These apps securely integrate with wearable gadgets to monitor physical activity of women with osteoporosis, enhancing the value of technologies and promoting medication compliance through alerts. Telehealth services are crucial as they offer quick and individualized care. Enhanced engagement and open interaction among personnel and osteoporosis patients, improving their participation. Telehealth is relevant and appropriate in diverse cultural settings, delivering care approaches that satisfy distinct groups’ linguistic and cultural needs (Saag & Danila, 2022). 

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The importance and relevance of digital modalities are increased with communication approaches like honest communication, maintaining data protection regulations, and enabling an accurate comprehension of health data. Online educational platforms share solid information about self-care.  It promotes patient participation by making resources accessible and customized to varied educational and cultural backgrounds (Bendtsen et al., 2024). The understanding and knowledge of female patients with osteoporosis about tools like osteoporosis-related apps are vital for effectively integrating these technologies. Conducting educational and training sessions regarding technology awareness and its usability will improve patients’ knowledge of features and applications of different tools like online portals, mobile apps, and wearable gadgets (Gupta et al., 2022).

Guidance about signing in and using monitoring apps to access their medical data will be provided. They will also acquire guidelines for booking consultations with medical specialists using the online portal (Bene et al., 2024). Female osteoporosis patients will improve their ability to monitor and manage their osteoporosis using tools. Enhancing comprehension and skills enables them to actively engage in their care regimen (Gupta et al., 2022). Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance boosts data security using telehealth solutions. It aids in administering integrated care by fostering Osteoporosis patient participation (Gupta et al., 2022).

Innovative Strategies for Leveraging Technology

Leveraging technology helps female osteoporosis patients receive culturally and linguistically sensitive care. Acknowledging cultural differences, creating mobile apps and digital educational sites, and offering osteoporosis care suggestions in several languages increase patient involvement. Osteoporosis care apps in multiple languages increase patient knowledge and capacity for self-management across various demographics (Paropoorani et al., 2023). Hudelson and Chappuis (2024), discovered that implementing linguistic translation and machine translation tools into telehealth systems is critical for overcoming linguistic barriers and ensuring equal opportunity to care for non-English-speaking female osteoporosis patients. Telehealth technology, like telemedicine and remote surveillance, provides linguistically and culturally compatible care for women with osteoporosis. Telehealth interventions boost care access, patient happiness, and medical outcomes in diverse groups. Private online discussions enable fair access to medical care irrespective of geographical location (Lewiecki & Bouchonville, 2022).

Mitigating the Risk of Adverse Outcomes

Mobile apps, online education, and telehealth alternatives can successfully reduce the chance of osteoporosis-related complications. Female osteoporosis patients can benefit from smartphone apps that offer health information. For example, mobile apps provide users access to their medical data to maintain privacy. Additionally, research by Bendsten et al. (2024), showed that electronic educational platforms helped osteoporosis patients learn self-management of osteoporosis, reducing the consequences.

Telehealth allows for remote utilization of medical services, removing physical obstacles and increasing access to wellness services for patients in rural places. Lewiecki and Bouchonville (2022), reported that telehealth benefits patients with a restricted ability to in-hospital care. They can acquire prompt and culturally sensitive care through telemedicine. Hudelson and Chappuis (2024), revealed that linguistic translators or apps addressed language obstacles by translating medical knowledge into multiple languages. They encouraged collaboration among personnel and patients with limited English proficiency. It offered equitable care access and strengthened female osteoporosis patients’ medical understanding.

Conclusion

A customized, patient-focused analysis of needs uncovers vital information about the requirements of women with osteoporosis. Caregivers can adopt personalized care and use ICT to address individual economic and cultural demands. Professionals can improve patient involvement by promoting linguistically and culturally sensitive solutions.

References

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Azmi, N. F. I., Aznul Hisham, M. H., & Jamil, N. A. (2023). Development and evaluation of an e-book for bone health and osteoporosis education in adolescents. Nutrients, 15(8), 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fnu15081899

Bendtsen, M. G., Schönwandt, B. M. T., Rubæk, M., & Hitz, M. F. (2024). Evaluation of an mHealth app on self-management of osteoporosis: Prospective survey study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 13(1), e53995. https://doi.org/10.2196%2F53995

Bene, B. A., Ibeneme, S., Fadahunsi, K. P., Harri, B. I., Ukor, N., Mastellos, N., & Car, J. (2024). Regulatory standards and guidance for the use of health apps for self-management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e49163. https://doi.org/10.2196/49163

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Kemmak, A. R., Rezapour, A., Jahangiri, R., Nikjoo, S., Farabi, H., & Soleimanpour, S. (2020). Economic burden of osteoporosis in the world: A systematic review. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 34, 154. https://doi.org/10.34171%2Fmjiri.34.154

Lewiecki, E. M., & Bouchonville, M. F. (2022). The current role of telehealth in the management of patients with osteoporosis. Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, 17(3), 245–254. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2022.2078304

Marzban, S., Najafi, M., Agolli, A., & Ashrafi, E. (2022). Impact of patient engagement on healthcare quality: A scoping review. Journal of Patient Experience, 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735221125439

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Paripoorani, D., Gasteiger, N., Hawley-Hague, H., & Dowding, D. (2023). A systematic review of menopause apps with an emphasis on osteoporosis. BioMed Central Women’s Health, 23(1), 518. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02612-9

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Verdonck, C., Willems, R., & Liesbeth, B. (2023). Osteoporosis care through an Integrated, people-centred health services framework lens: A hybrid qualitative analysis of international patient experiences. British Medical Journal Open, 13(6), e072031–e072031. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072031

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