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Please write a 2-4 page introduction to your research proposal. In this section you will include the following information:

• Statement of the problem (What healthcare issues are you addressing in your research proposal)
• Significance of the topic and and explanation of why this should be studied(supported with evidence and statistics)
• Target population (who are you studying)
• Example:
• Introduction
• The
  emergency department (ED) is a critical, fast-paced environment that is
  susceptible to medical errors. Medical errors are defined as a “preventable
  adverse event or near miss due to the failure of a planned action to be
  completed as intended or use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim” (Pham et al.,
  2012, p. 448). They are the cause of 98,000 annual deaths in the United States.
  Per the Institute of Medicine (IOM), preventable adverse drug events (ADE) were
  one of the most prevalent sources of avoidable medical errors with an annual
  occurrence of 1.5 million events. ADEs are also one of the most expensive
  errors, costing approximately $3.5 billion each year in the United States in
  2006 (Pham et al., 2012). Adverse events were found to take place in 5 to 10% of
  health incidents with half of the incidents being avoidable (Watters &
  Truskett, 2013). Among these medical
  errors are diagnostic errors (incorrect diagnosis or failure to diagnose),
  which are the leading sources of error in emergency departments (Brown,
  McCarthy, Kelen & Levy, 2010). Some examples include the medication
  administration errors, false positive lab test results, unnecessary costs,
  tests and treatments (Schuur, Hsia, Burstin, Schull, & Pines, 2013). Per a
  national database of physician malpractice insurers, the payout for diagnostic
  errors was more than $347 million, which accounted for 46% of emergency
  department malpractice claims (Brown, McCarthy, Kelen & Levy, 2010).
  Diagnostic errors alone account for nearly 40,000-80,000 annual deaths in the
  United States (Pham et al., 2012). Factors in the ED such as psychological
  stress, fatigue, time pressure, distractions, overwhelming workloads, lack of
  immediate and complete patient health information can increase the rate of
  diagnostic errors (Mirvis, 2015). Overcrowding can cause errors such as
  erroneous documentation and malfunctioning administrative processes in
  emergency care (Ben-Assuli & Leshno, 2013). Another factor is information
  overload, which can generate so much anxiety that even coping strategies may
  become ineffective. Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) overwhelmed by these
  factors can increase the clinical risk to ED patients and increase the risk of
  ineffective communication (Burley, 2011).
  System-related
  interventions such as health information technology (HIT) have the potential to
  significantly reduce the rates of diagnostic errors, complications, mortality
  and costs. In 2005, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the HIT
  implementation could result in net annual savings of $80 billion (Encinosa
  & Bae, 2011). HIT has also been reported to save the United States nearly
  $88 billion in costs over 10 years. Some examples of HIT include bar-coded medication administration
  (BCMA) systems, computerized physician order entry (CPOE), clinical decision support systems
  (CDSS), electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR). (Agrawal, 2009).
  HIT can also
  notably improve the quality and efficiency of a hospital. After a 41% increase in HIT system
  adoption, one hospital’s readmission rates decreased by 41% in 2008 through
  2012 (Ben-Assuli, Shabtai & Leshno, 2013). In terms of quality, one
  study from a Latter-Day Saint (LDS) Hospital showed a 55% statistically
  significant decrease in non-intercepted serious medication errors because of
  computerized provider entry use. A second study with a time-series design
  showed an even more significant reduction of 86% in non-intercepted serious
  medication errors. In terms of efficiency, one study from the Regenstrief Institute
  found that alerting physicians using computerized order entry resulted in an
  11% decrease in treatment delivery time (Chaudhry, 2006). These computer
  systems can provide a safety net to healthcare providers by lessening their
  cognitive load. They also back up important patient health files and documents
  through the aggregation of patient information and feedback assistance (Pham et
  al., 2012).
  Purpose
  This systematic
  analysis aims to provide a deeper understanding of HIT to healthcare providers,
  organizations and the public. It considers how diagnostic errors can be reduced
  in emergency department patients by supplying evidence of positive and negative
  impacts of HIT from previous academic literature. Providing both perspectives
  will hopefully assist healthcare providers in becoming more informed about
  investing in HIT in their organization.