Health Care Technology Used in a Capstone Project to Improve Health Outcomes or Communication

Healthcare technologies have a basic concern in our Capstone project, especially for Cancer Patients. Cancer patients required attention and safety all the time because the treatment of Cancer can cause multiple infections and due to multiple factors they can come to hospitals regularly. In that case, multiple technologies are required by the nurses to keep updated about patients’ recent condition and in case of any emergency, medication can also be given to the patient immediately. As Doctors do not allow Cancer patients to take any of the medications whether any infection occurs like flu or temperature, etc. because the medication level for every patient is different and few medicines can increase the risk of other diseases among Cancer Patients. For that purpose, nurses use technologies to communicate with patients and provide immediate medications to patients in case of emergency (Raghavan et al., 2020). Self-management, safety, and healthcare technology can be used when patients are going through trauma or anxiety, Blood Pressure, etc, and to stay updated and resolve their issues, interventions can be used.

Moreover, Telehealth technologies like Phone calls, messages, webinars, Internet, etc. can also reduce the cost of Length of Stay in a hospital which is quite important for Cancer patients. During Covid 19, doctors and nurses used technologies like video conferencing, phone calls, Internet to communicate with the patients and to know about their recent condition and give them proper education immediately. In my project, Telehealth is considered to be quite impressive technology that can improve the overall health of patients. Moreover, in the next few years, multiple technologies like social media will help doctors and patients to connect and get appointments via calls without going to the hospitals (van Bussel et al., 2022).

Health Policies Influence Planning and Implementation of Capstone Project

This is a fact that healthcare technologies and self-management are key factors for patients to recover soon. Multiple Government policies and standards also play an important part in providing good quality care to patients. Multiple Government policies help people to recover soon from Cancer the National Cancer Act designed by the National Cancer Institute in 1971 provides knowledge to people about symptoms, prevention, and treatment of Cancer. (Schabath et al., 2019) Additionally, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers proof that cancer patients need safety measures because cancer therapy increases their chance of getting multiple illnesses like dengue, COVID-19, or viruses.  It is estimated by the Agency for Health Research and Quality that Cancer treatment is very Costly with almost $208.9 billion in 2020 and also increases on yearly basis. That cost is not affordable for everyone, especially poor people. (Nekhlyudov et al., 2019)

According to the evidence provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI), almost 42000$ is required for the complete medication of Cancer patients and that cost can be reduced by insurance policies discussed in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to this Act insurance policies are given to those people who are needy and cannot afford the treatment cost of cancer. Moreover, Affordable Care Act also describes Medicare or Medicaid to provide good quality treatment to patients at an affordable cost.  Other different policies like Cancer Research institutions or support programs are designed to motivate people to stay healthy, stay positive and not take the stress. Another Nursing Practice Act (NPA) and Advance Nursing Care (ANC) is designed to give knowledge to nurses about how to treat patients and what precautions have to keep in mind (Abbott & Ustoyev, 2019). With the help of these Acts, nurses can provide better and good quality treatment to patients. In my project, the nurses’ role is quite effective in implementing the policies as nurses should know patients’ psychological minds and have to treat them accordingly. Moreover, nurses should also have to focus on Safety precautions while giving medication to patients (Litzelman, 2019).

Capstone Project Outcomes Matched with Initial Predictions

If the planned intervention is implemented then patients can experience improved treatment and high-quality care. Nurses’ positive behaviors towards patients make them feel at home and patients become more satisfied with the treatment. Effective communication is necessary between nurses and patients by using different technologies like phones or the Internet nurses can connect with the patients and patients and provide them with immediate medications in case of emergency (Hutchings et al., 2021). With the help of this patient safety level is increased and they become more active and energetic. Moreover with the help