Evaluating Workflow Changes After Implementing Electronic Health Records

Evaluating Workflow Changes After Implementing Electronic Health Records

In the article, “Methods and Lessons Learned from a Current State Workflow Assessment following Transition to a New Electronic Health Record System”, Watson et al. (2023) have provided a clear and organized introduction. The introduction section presents a background of the topic and introduces specific aspects of the topic, including the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), evaluation, and associated key issues and barriers of focus, as well as workflow in healthcare settings. The authors have also identified and reviewed past research evidence to support the main argument presented in the article. The introduction section is well-written, with paragraphs that establish the article’s context, highlight the significance of the issue of focus, and outline the goals of the research despite the writers’ lack of subheadings. Therefore, it creates a clear blueprint and map, which is clearly followed throughout the article.

Learning about writing an introduction and reviewing the research article have been great learning experiences. The entire experience has helped me gain a lot of insights into the importance of the introduction chapter and how to organize the introduction chapter in order to contextualize my topic within the field of study. I have also learned how to develop the objectives of the research and the research questions that the research addresses. Although the article by Watson et al. has a good introduction that creates a blueprint of the entire article using paragraphs, I might not use the same approach when writing the introduction of my dissertation. I might otherwise use main topics and subtopics to best outline the various themes and concepts focused on in the dissertation, including definitions of such themes.

 References

Watson, C. H., Masalonis, A., Arnold, T., Chumbler, N. R., & Plew, W. (2023). Methods and Lessons Learned from a Current State Workflow Assessment Following Transition to a New Electronic Health Record System. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 20(2), 1c. /pmc/articles/PMC10245086/

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A social science journal article’s introduction “is like a blueprint and a map: it lays out the itinerary of an article’s path of logical travel…and are organized and structured into predictable patterns” (Shon, 2018, p 41).

Evaluating Workflow Changes

Locate 1 research study on your topic in your field of study published in a peer-reviewed journal article from the University Library and read the introduction.

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:

How do the authors organize the introduction? Do the subheadings and the article’s discussion follow the “blueprint and map” outlined in the introduction?
As you reflect on what you have learned about writing an introduction, what might you do differently in writing introductions as you progress through the dissertation process?