Development and psychometric testing of the Readiness to Engage with Patient-Facing Health Information Technology Tools (RE-PHIT) scale.

Objective: With the proliferation of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) tools, nurses are in a position to support the technology needs of both patients and families. The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Readiness to Engage with Patient-Facing Health Information Technology (RE-PHIT) instrument intended to measure nurse readiness to support patient and family use of HIT tools.

Materials And Methods: Content for the 10-item instrument was derived from the literature, notably from Hibbard's Patient Activation Measure and from expert nurse informaticists.

Population health: a nursing action plan.

The passage of the Affordable Care Act shifted the focus of health care from individual, patient specific, episodic care, towards health management of groups of people with an emphasis on primary and preventive care. Population health management assists to attain and maintain health while improving quality and lowering costs. The recent Catalyst for Change report creates an urgent call for harnessing the power of nurses-in our communities, schools, businesses, homes and hospitals-to build capacity for population health.