Carecloud Research Paper

One of the issues with the electronic systems in health care for MU is the ability to retrieve laboratory results during a patient’s visit. In 2013, Hinrichs and Zarcone reveal that over 70% of medical decisions are determined by laboratory results. In 2007, AU Health implemented Cerner Millennium PowerChart that displays clinical data to improve the point of care for patients. With the PowerChart solution, the patient’s information can be easily verified, vital signs can be entered, and family history can be updated. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed by President Obama in 2013 places emphasis on expanding insurance coverage of medical care for everyone. As part of the ACA, the improvements in the way these results are exchanged and transmitted will add value to quality, safety, efficiency of health information (Hinrichs & Zarcone, 2013). The transmission and availability of EHR affect how other health professionals send and receive information at the local, state, and national levels.

broad range of individual patients. The patient should be able to benefit maximally from the care he/she receives.

Integration will lead to superior diagnoses as doctors will have access to medical records from across the country, enabling them to draw on the diagnoses of other doctors facing similar situations. It will also allow for seamless care as records for the same patients will be instantly accessible and fully up to date wherever they go. The application layer will be standardized, with a consumer-facing mobile and web application and a doctor-facing web portal. While the way care is administered differs from hospital to hospital and clinic to clinic, what a practitioner needs from an IT solution will remain relatively constant.

Case Management Society of America. (2010). Standards of Practice for Case Management. Retrieved from http://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/memberonly/StandardsOfPractice.pdf

At Care Springs, SSA visited with Kathy. Also present was Judy Baldwin and Kathy’s Aunt Jane. Jane is also a patient of Care Springs and is Kathy’s assigned roommate. We discussed that Kathy is doing well. Kathy shares details of her fall which resulted in her injury; sharing while walking up the ramp to her apartment she made a sudden stop and turned to greet the Maintenance Man for the complex, lost her footing because of the sudden stop and fell. She shares that the pain level of the injury is for the most part tolerable, while Judy shares that Kathy is currently on a routine dosage of pain medication for the injury. Judy explains the pain medication has been prescribed routinely because Kathy wasn’t requesting the medication when it was

Electronic retrieval of patient demographics, allergies, current medications, complete medical history, diagnostic and radiologic results, etc. occurs by clicking a few buttons. Electronic patient charts provide quick and easy access to physicians, hospitals, independent labs, and pharmacies. EHRs allow simultaneous access by independent providers and allow a collaborative effort for health care management of the patient. “EHRs are the next step in the continued progress of healthcare that can strengthen the relationship between patients and clinicians”. (Electronic Health Records Overview, 2011)

I had the opportunity to interview an Independent Medical Sales Representative of Quantified care from a Biomedical engineering event I recently attend in Baltimore, MD. While he was giving a brief lecture about Quantified Care to the audience, I thought he was the right person for my interview. It was short notice, but he generously accepts my 30 minute interview. Quantified Care was a recent start-up company, in which smartphone physical is focused on the future of medicine, wanting to bring mobile health/medical devices to a variety of clinical settings, from home health care to concierge medicine to global health at lowering costs. Mr. Lim is responsible for targeting and developing new customer, maintaining a high level of product and services, and keeping relationships in order to easily open sales line for other products and services. While I was interviewing him, I focused on his experience, his responsibilities of being independent sales representative, and challenges that may have.

Cerner integrates patient information throughout all of the departments within a hospital setting. This program also has the ability to expand into other health care facilities within a community, such as long term care, hospice, and home health (Cerner, 2015). Cerner offers community hospitals solutions in their “Software as a Service” model. Cerner will host the software program, provide upgrades, and monitor performance to ensure stability. This will allow community hospitals to have a predictable cost for the software (Cerner, 2015). Another advantage of this system is the “Smart Room”. Wireless devices such as infusion pumps, and vital sign monitoring devices can access the system. This allows for instant documentation of this information into a patient chart and will alert if abnormalities are noted. Bar code scanners and carts are available as well. These items improve patient safety (Cerner, 2015). Cerner is capable of CPOE, electronic prescription transmitting, and has the ability to capture data and immunization statuses to meet reporting regulations.

The Medi-Can Medicine Dispenser & Alarm can help the user to take the correct amount of their medication at the correct time. The Medi-Can is a hexagon-shaped container that can hold up to 12 different pills in labeled containers. The Medi-Can container is made out of plastic with 12 dials, 12 screens, and 1 tray with a weight sensor. There is a specific dial on each container holding a certain pill. The user can set a dial to the time period at which they need to take their medication. The user can also select the amount of each medication that needs to be taken on the digital screen below each dial. The Medi-Can will dispense the user’s medication into the tray when it is time for the certain medication to be taken. An alarm will sound when

In the past, doctors have used old ways of writing prescriptions and keeping health records. The days of the doctor writing a prescription on a pad in handwriting only they can read are over. Also, electronic health records make accessing records a breeze. The doctor’s experience now is much easier now with implementations of virtual prescription, electronic health records, and the ability to speak with a doctor from the comfort of your own home. In the future, the experience will be made a lot easier by taking the human doctor out of the equation and providing a program that scans someone and comes up with a diagnosis within seconds.

When we as human beings are ill, most of our friends and family members long to take care of us. Most human beings appear to naturally have some level of compassion. Whether it's taking care of a baby or taking care of someone who is sick or elderly, most humans will step up when someone needs care. (Link 1) Out of care and compassion come (sometimes) kind words. Other times, even though these words are meant to be kind or even just curious, they can be hurtful or simply annoying. So below, I have complied a list of some of the words I have heard while suffering with a mystery illness.

Patients with complex chronic conditions can benefit from nurse-led care coordination in ambulatory care settings in the aspect of reductions in ED visits and hospitalizations. Nurses provide guided-care and facilitate cross setting communication and transition between specialty and primary providers (Haas & Swan, 2014). Nurses support patient decision-making and self-care management. Nurses hear concerns and goals of patients and enhance their engagement in care interventions. Nurses empower patients and families in understanding health care resources and seeking consultation prior to increased severity of the disease (Forbes III, 2014).

In order to be properly prepared for an outage in the magnitude of what transpired to the CareGroup network, systems and process control may have prevented this unfortunate event from occurring. Instituting a preventive approach to network functionality and security, along with a contingency plan to deal with failures or breaches to the system should have been in place.

CHICAGO, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Caremerge,the leading senior living engagement platform, announced today the expansion of its partnership with Benchmark Senior Living,the leading provider of senior living services in the Northeast. Successful completion of a six-month pilot preceded the system-wide roll-out of Benchmark's initiative to connect personally with families, enhance resident programming offerings and gather data to make better, more informed business decisions.

Before Hospira lost the GPO pricing we was paying $75.00 per box. And once they lost the GPO we was paying $111.50 per box. So, B.Braun told us to order direct until Medline could stock the item in there warehouse which costed us $ 1.93 and not $1.11 after reviewing our invoice. I notified Katie (B.Braun rep) of the overcharge and she credited our account. Since we have to order directly from Medline the charge will be $1.40 plus mark up due to them being our distributor.