Current Information and Communication Technologies
With so much attention focused on health care reform, it is important that nurses be given the opportunity to use high-quality technology tools. These tools can increase access to vital medical information, promote effective communication among health care professionals, and improve the patient experience. By actively seeking out and adopting these tools, nurses can greatly enhance the quality and safety of care that they provide.
This Discussion focuses on identifying quality technology tools that increase the ability of nurses to provide safe, effective care.

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Respond to your colleagues using one or more of the following approaches:
• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
Student: I work in emergency department and in our institution, we use real time location system (RTLS), it is technology-based solution used to improve patient flow in the hospital