I will be reflecting on my interdisciplinary collaboration experience in the Vila Health Site where I was involved in the implementation of a new EHR system. This EHR system implementation consisted of several professionals of registered nurses, IT staff, administrators, physicians, and the director of operations. Before the implementation of this new EHR system, all of these important stakeholders and professionals had meetings on identifying the needs of each stakeholder and what would be the most appropriate system for this healthcare site. This was a successful experience where there was effective collaboration and input from all the professionals making them feel heard and highlighting their needs. According to the needs of the stakeholders, an appropriate system was set up.
However, this project was also unsuccessful in reaching the desired outcomes as there was a lack of coordination that took way too long for the system to be completely functional. There was poor collaboration when it came to the implementation of the system. There was a lack of understanding of the tasks assigned to each member, and most of the nurses had difficulty using the new technology resulting in its poor usability. Henceforth, the effective practices can be adopted in future to improve the collaboration among different health providers to ensure the improved health service provision for the patients.
Reflective nursing practice is very important in examining previous experiences by practicing a root cause analysis to understand the problem so it can be connected with new learnings. This is a cognitive skill that every professional should have to learn from experiences and incorporate those learnings in the future to improve the patient’s healthcare outcomes (Patel & Metersky, 2021). This enhances the knowledge development of the nurses so the same problems can be avoided.
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