A Brief Note On The Electronic Health Record

In a healthcare world that operates on stringent budgets and margins, we begin to see the need for a higher capacity healthcare delivery system. This in turn puts pressure on the healthcare organizations to ensure higher standards of patient care, and compliance with the reform provisions. However, these are the harsh realities of today’s healthcare environment, a setting in which value does not always equal quality. The use of technology can help to amend some of this by providing higher capacity care without compromising quality; this can be done with the use of such technology as electronic health records (EHRs). This paper will aim to address how EHRs influence healthcare today by expanding upon topics such as funding sources, reimbursement methods, economic factors, socioeconomic factors, business influences, and cost containment.

Possible benefits included positive patient outcomes as a result of improved quality of care, decreased medical errors, increase in financial revenue for organizations, better ability to conduct research, reduced cost of healthcare for patients, and an overall improvement in health for the general population (Menachemi & Collum, 2011). Disadvantages that were found in the review of literature included the initial cost to implement the electronic health record, continuing maintenance costs, and interruption in workflows that adds to the brief loss in productivity that occurs from healthcare providers having to learn a new system (Menachemi & Collum, 2011). There are also concerns about maintaining confidentiality (Menachemi & Collum,

The purpose of this discussion board is to describe the Electronic Health Record (EHR), the six steps of an EHR and how my facility implements them, describe “meaningful use” and how my facility status is in obtaining it, and to further discuss the EHR’s and patient confidentiality.

Technology has come a long way over the years and continues to advance rapidly. The health care system is greatly affected by the advancements in technology. An example of this would be the use of electronic health records (EHR). In this paper I will be describing the electronic health record system. How my facility has initiated the EHR with following the six steps and describe meaningful use and how my facility is working towards this. Lastly I will discuss how to maintain patient confidentiality with use of EHR, and what my facility is doing to prevent HIPPA violations.

According to HealthIt.gov (2014) Meaningful Use (MU) is defined as a “certified electronic health record that helps improve patient quality; safety; efficiency and reduces health gaps; engage patients and

Medical care is making a switch to Electronic Health Records. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology provided incentives to hospitals and other medical institutions to use electronic health records for "Meaningful Use" (Saba

In this article, Sherree Geyer analyzes how clinical documentation in this EHR (electronic health record) era is affecting care, and what that means moving forward. Geyer takes a look into what is at the core of the problem that has physicians not connecting the dots on clinical documentation. She also addresses what can be done to ease the situation as we move forward in this EHR era.

“An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.” (healthit.gov) The EHR mandate was created “to share information with other health care providers and organizations – such as laboratories, specialists, medical imaging facilities, pharmacies, emergency facilities, and school and workplace clinics – so they contain information from all clinicians involved in a patient’s care.” ("Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov", n.d., p. 1) The process has proved to be quite challenging for providers. As an

This paper will identify the use of Electronic Health Records and how nursing plays an important role. Emerging in the early 2000’s, utilizing Electronic Health Records have quickly become a part of normal practice. An EHR could help prevent dangerous medical mistakes, decrease in medical costs, and an overall improvement in medical care. Patients are often taking multiple medications, forget to mention important procedures/diagnoses to providers, and at times fail to follow up with providers. Maintaining an EHR could help tack data, identify patients who are due for preventative screenings and visits, monitor VS, & improve overall quality of care in a practice. Nurse informaticists play an important role in the

Several studies estimate the cost of purchasing and installing an electronic health record (EHR) ranges from $15,000 to $70,000 per provider. Costs vary depending on whether you select on-site EHR deployment or web-based EHR deployment. Web-based EHR deployment, known as Software as a Service (SaaS), typically requires providers to pay a fixed monthly subscription cost. On-site deployment typically requires providers to pay for ongoing costs to support and manage on-site data servers.

As a nurse facilitator walking into a room of disgruntled nurses, the task of planning or an electronic medical record adoption will not be an easy task. However, with the right approach, this endeavor can be motivating. Our future is dependent on our ability to adapt to an ever-evolving healthcare system that is becoming increasingly integrated with a dynamic technology explosion. Nursing leaders need to develop insight into healthcare 's future and prepare the foundation for the changes that are a prerequisite to leading the nursing division in the right direction. Murphy (2011) called this "leading from the future" (p. 25). To embrace these changes, we need to learn how to role model the nursing strength obtained from technology. Implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) is one of the foundational requirements necessary to prepare a foundation for a technology future both healthcare delivery and our nursing profession. This paper will review the strategies necessary to support upstate New York adopt an EHR system based on the framework of Roger 's (2003) diffusion theory.

In an era of rapidly expanding science and technology usage, the Electronic Health Records (EHR) tools are a variety of tools used to improve quality measurement for better patient care and support ongoing quality improvement efforts. Without such technology support, it is hard to achieve for the management of the pharmaceutical care of patients.

Before, there is no security standards set for protecting health information in the healthcare industry. According to Electronic Health Records: Understanding and Using Computerized Medical Records, Richard Gartee states that as the new technologies were evolving, the healthcare industry begun to rely on the use of computers. Today more and more health records are being stored in the computers. Many of these electronic records are created by doctors and hospitals and they offered plenty of advantages. Doctors say that electronic health records make finding and sharing of information easier and for patients that can mean reducing medical mistakes and better care. Whether your information maintains in paper or electronic health records you have the right to keep it private and that privacy is protected by healthcare law called HIPAA (Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act).

Electronic health records (EHR’s) have many advantages, but there are plenty of disadvantages. EHR’s were created to manage the many aspects of healthcare information. Medical professionals use them daily and most would feel lost without it. Healthcare organizations were encouraged to adopt EHR’s in 2009 due to the fact that a bill passed known as The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). “The HITECH Act outlines criteria to achieve “meaningful use” of certified electronic records. These criteria must be met in order for providers to receive financial incentives to promote adoption of EHRs as an integral part of their daily practice”, (Conrad, Hanson, Hasenau & Stocker-Schneider, 2012).

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