Benefits And Limitations Of A New Information System And Upgrading The Hospital 's Network

This case analysis of Stanford’s Hospital and Clinics (SHC) electronic medical record (EMR) system implementation will focus on how the healthcare organization focused on resolving a problem to meet regulatory pressures and responded to an opportunity to create operational efficiency, by capitalizing on the use of information technology to help reduce costs. We will discuss the organization’s IT problems, opportunities, and the alternatives available to address each. We will summarize an analysis of potential alternatives including the organization’s EMR system of choice and conclude with a recommendation to the Board on how to rollout the new system.

The healthcare industry consists of many strengths and weaknesses during the improvement of patient safety, efficient operations, reduction of medical errors, and ensuring that they provide timely access to all patient information. This will have to still comply with all legal guidelines as they control costs and protect patient privacy. The adoption of advanced information technology is a popular strategy being used in the healthcare industry because it allows their weaknesses to be progressively diminished as they gain and use the opportunities necessary as an analytical tool. This would allow their capabilities to be further developed with the new technologies and processes used as they unify the adoption of IT standards. In order to stay competitive within the healthcare industry, then there must be specific actions and measures that must be taken to ensure a positive outcome. This includes external opportunities to increase the capability of the IT infrastructure in a national environment as the growth of industry standards are met in order to decrease the pressured threats of legal compliance through patient trust and the high cost of IT. The growing recognition of strategic leadership often leads to both improved financial stability and contact accessibility of the system. Some challenges that may occur within the healthcare system may cause issues in a hospital setting because of the centralized society of an organization. This is because of the different visions and

The high cost of healthcare continues to rise and many in the United States are optimistic for health information technology to reduce and improve our current situation. Health IT encompasses a broad array of new technologies designed to manage and share health-related information. When properly implemented, these systems can help coordinate patient care, reduce medical errors, and improve administrative efficiency. Therefore, implementing a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) will help the National Health Information Network (NHIN) achieve their goals in improving quality of care for the citizens of the United States. Thus, in order for the health IT to deliver on its promise, several obstacles must be overcome.

A powerful IT infrastructure is necessary to advance healthcare quality. Among countless other advantages, an effective IT infrastructure generates accurate and accessible performance data, allowing monitoring of results. However, Hill absorbed the cost to physicians which encouraged their physicians to adapt to the new system. Similarly, they made sure the system was user friendly which lessened frustration and resistance.

This paper will discuss how the Grand Hospital may develop and implement telemedicine into its organization. This discussion will include how Grand Hospital’s current health information system could affect the adoption of telemedicine, barriers to the successful adoption of telemedicine into the areas of radiology, behavioral health, and intensive care, and how Grand Hospital could proceed with integrating telemedicine into its current health care information system.

An information technology strategic plan developed by Langley Mason Health (LMH) aimed to empower health care consumers and healthcare workers to change data into information to expand services of the clinics as well as electronic medical records. However, there are insufficient funds for equipment, technology and routine maintenance for its facilities (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, 2009). The hospital planned to construct several satellite locations and there are limited funds left yearly to spend on technology implementation and to purchase equipment. The LMH system had a delay in fully going live with computerized prescribers order entry (CPOE) because of many foreseen complications during the development (Wager, Lee & Glaser, 2009). While the issue of CPOE implementation is being resolved, pharmacy and nursing department is looking at the purchase of smart IV pump that will spend roughly half of the budget for the fiscal year. This paper discusses the case study about LMH, different views how LMH should proceed and how to mediate the two different views.

Multiple examples of negative outcomes are given within the article, with costs varying from monetary to the cost of an individual’s life. Seeing that medical technology is continuing its reliance on technology as it evolves, it becomes clear to see that there is a need to ensure that the technologies used within healthcare are not negatively impacted by the realization of a security risk. The question is how to lower these risks in a way that is not cost prohibitive but can still be useful.

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The health IT system is essential to transform the delivery of health care. Innovation within the IT system includes efficient data use through warehouses as they expand health information, which allows for big improvements in the technological use. These improvements would ensure that data user safety will allow the smooth exchange of information transfer electronically between different health care providers. In this case, most hospital employees and health care organizations understand how the health information technology (IT) is important for the HCO’s functions. The passing of “the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) legislation in 2009, with its specific attention to advancing EHRs, federal dollars are dedicated to expanding EHR use in physician offices and more” (Abdelhak pg. 180). This shows that a federal government has an ability to change in the healthcare industry, so the government should incorporate science and technology development. The private sector and government funding resources will also have a significant impact to play a great role in the exploration of new software operations in terms of advancing the technological environment. Advancing this area of the organization encourages health Information

The executives have decided to focus on the acute facilities first and use lessons learned to integrate other centers later. Hospital A uses certified HER applications and has already implemented CPOE, and clinical documentation. Hospital B has a customized old mainframe computer that is outdated and not supported by the vendor. Instead of implementing a new system for both hospitals, the software used for hospital A will also be implemented in hospital B. Integrating new things always comes with its own set of problems and plenty of room for quality control and improvement. These challenges may be different form one organization to another. Below is a list of barriers that exist and could cause

The benefit of technology in healthcare can help improve quality of care and reduce adverse events. Kaiser Permanente invested in an electronic medical system to increase positive clinical outcomes. Implementation of the health information system would have three system functions. The first objective was to reduce operating cost by improving staff efficiency, reduce patient’s number of hospital days, and reduce adverse drug events and increase preferred prescription adherence. The second objective was to increase revenue which was accomplished by improving appropriate billed charges, improving coding accuracy for Medicare risk, and increase collections. Decreasing capital expenditures was the final function which was achieved by decreasing

The analysis is going to involve a scrutiny of the Natividad Medical Center's Hospital Computer Information Systems (HCIS) network and its hospital-grade systems infrastructure and technology components. The analysis is going to be carried out in line with the requirements of Patient Safety and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Acts, the Joint Commission (TJC) as well as other national and international regulatory bodies. All elements of information assurance and security are to be ascertained. In this regard, information availability, confidentiality, integrity and security are our primary concerns (Dennis,2005).As indicated earlier, the hospital industry is governed by tough laws and

One of the challenges would be advances in healthcare technology - there are evidences of Difficulties in implementation of cross-continuum electronic health records, which are mostly attributed to the lack of resources. With the newer reimbursement model, it is essential for an integrated network to have a vast network of information. It should be able to collect, maintain and provide applicable access to administrative, clinical and financial data in order to supervise quality and costs while providing patient-centered care.

With the rapid growth in technology, many healthcare organizations have embraced the use of healthcare information technologies. As such, the information technology department has various staffs that perform fundamental roles in the information technology-related activities. It ranges from activities of customizing a software to implementing and maintaining a network to ensure effective system backups. In addition, these healthcare information technologies bring about other

The major change from traditional systems to electronic record systems in the healthcare field within the last couple decades has made a huge impact. Patient records, risk management, planning, staff, and more in the organization are affected by the IT staff. “The penetration of Internet access, mobile technologies and social networks collectively offer a future in which it is possible to deliver highly personalized care without necessarily having to do it in person, or even with a doctor.”(Healthcare IT News, n.d.) Many hospitals use paper records for patients long after electronic record technology was available. According to forbes.com in an article published two years ago, less than 2 percent of all healthcare organizations within the United States had and properly deployed information systems.