Data Gathering

In class we had to do a data gathering exercise to help us better our research papers. I learned a lot with the UCF library, and their databases made it easy. The following "essay" is my response to the exercise.


 

Data Gathering Exercise

            To gather my data I first went to the UCF library website and clicked on articles and databases, I then clicked on the topic “nursing”. After clicking nursing I chose “CINAHL Plus with full text”. I then put in multiple search terms, HIPPA, health laws, health privacy laws, nursing literacy, and health literacy. I narrowed the search to only results with full-texts, and then went through the texts and read some of the abstracts, and saved the ones I thought could be a good reference for my writing.

            When I put in some of the key terms not all of them were useful to my data gathering. Surprisingly, health laws were not as useful as I thought, there were a lot of topics on abortion, smoking, but I did not see any privacy laws. So I looked for something more specific, health privacy laws.

            I actually read an article where the relationship between health literacy and cultural competence was measured which was interesting. I saw multiple journals that I never knew were involved with the healthcare environment, like business, and literacy.

            I was very shocked when I couldn’t find more issues concerning the specific HIPPA law. I read articles about violating the HIPPA law but not so much the downfalls of the law. Even though the HIPPA law was a bit of a struggle, I was surprised the amount of results came up for nursing literacy, I was expecting that topic to be very difficult to find.

            The database I used for this exercise was “CINAHL Plus with full text”. Some of the journal articles I came across were -   Banking on privacy. Hospitals must protect patient information -- and their own liability -as banks balk at HIPPA, -         HIPAA humdrum: Generally speaking, laws work better if they're enforced, -Promoting health literacy in patients with diabetes, and -           Using Campinha-Bacote's process of cultural competence model to examine the relationship between health literacy and cultural competence.

            For my submitted article I chose “HIPAA—The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act What RNs Need to Know About Privacy Rules and Protected Electronic Health Information”. I learned the different forms of violations of HIPPA, and I also learned the different penalties for each circumstance. This article relates to my issue because it is about the HIPPA law, it helped me to further understand the law and violations of the law.

            Primary sources I could use could be nurses, and maybe court cases on the HIPPA law, also nursing journals.

            If I analyzed these primary documents, I would expect to find some sort of debate amongst medical staff, or maybe a document that proves a point that the HIPPA law is somewhat immoral to society.

            The primary source I found was an academic journal. I learned what kind of effect in had concerning pharmacy; I learned that HIPPA wasn’t just present in hospitals, and clinics, but pharmacies as well. It was interesting to learn about the effect HIPPA has on so many people.

            I think an important thing for me to do is to revise my research question to make it more specific instead on just the bland, yes or no. Also I could try to find more ways to bring up literacy amongst nurses. 

 

Works Cited

·        * Haugh, R. "Banking On Privacy. Hospitals Must Protect Patient Information -- And Their Own Liability -- As Banks Balk At HIPPA." H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks 78.2 (2004): 50. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

·       *  Friedman, Emily. "HIPAA Humdrum: Generally Speaking, Laws Work Better If They're Enforced." Modern Healthcare 41.35 (2011): 26. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

·       *  Stiles, Ella. "Promoting Health Literacy In Patients With Diabetes." Nursing Standard 26.8 (2011): 35-40. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

·       *  Ingram, Racquel, Richardson. "Using Campinha-Bacote's Process Of Cultural Competence Model To Examine The Relationship Between Health Literacy And Cultural Competence." Journal Of Advanced Nursing 68.3 (2012): 695-704. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

·      *   "HIPAA -- The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act: What Rns Need To Know About Privacy Rules And Protected Electronic Health Information." National Nurse 107.6 (2011): 20-27. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 14 Sept. 2012.

·        * Giacalone, RP, and GG Cacciatore. "HIPPA And Its Impact On Pharmacy Practice." American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy 60.5 (2003): 433-445. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 14 Sept. 2012.