Nursing
Describe briefly your topic of interest (15 possible points):
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2013), medical reconciliation is "the process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking. This reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions." The process of medical reconciliation falls within the rubric of electronic medical records, which enable medical reconciliation. Medical reconciliation saves lives, improves the efficiency of hospital administration and of the healthcare team, and is simply necessary for providing quality of care.
#1 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of source:
"Electronic Health Record (HER)"
Location of source (URL): http://www.ihs.gov/ehr/index.cfm?module=medication_reconciliation
Owner or publisher:
Indian Health Service
The Indian Health Service (2013) offers an overview of what medical reconciliation is, and how it applies to both individual and community health. The research encompasses issues that pertain to minority communities. A collection of research compiled by a United States government organization provides reliable information and research on nursing topics that are related to not just the Native American community.
Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest:
Because of the broad focus of the Indian Health Service's collection of research, this source is valuable for research on medical reconciliation. Moreover, the source relates to the ways medical reconciliation is important for politically disenfranchised groups and the underinsured. It is important to understand the application of electronic medical records and medical reconciliation in diverse communities.
#2 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of source: PubMed
Location of source (URL):...
Included in the database are articles pertaining to nearly every topic of interest to nurses, including medical reconciliation. The purpose of PubMed is to provide the medical profession and students of medicine and nursing with peer-reviewed journal articles.
Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest:
Medical reconciliation is a political as well as an administrative issue in health care. Having a government-run website database with articles on medical reconciliation provides an invaluable source of information. Entering the search terms "medical reconciliation" offers ample research to start, and narrowing the search further can be fruitful too. PubMed is therefore indispensible to researching my topic of interest, and yields many hits.
#3 Database (or collection) (30 possible points):
Title of source: Google Scholar
Location of source (URL): http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=medical+reconciliation&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=
Owner or publisher: Google
Google Scholar is not focused on medicine or health care. However, Google Scholar offers researchers a tool whereby compilations of databases can be accessed from one starting point. The database covers subjects ranging from literature and current events to nursing and education.
Explain how the source relates to your topic of interest:
Google Scholar is not ideal for in-depth research on nursing topics. However, it proves to be a good starting point for research. It is far superior at culling information from peer-reviewed sources than its more pedestrian parent, Google. Entering the search terms "medical reconciliation" yields a number of hits, which can be sorted according to date of publication. This makes…
