EHR Compliance Report

As the national health care system transitions to the electronic health record (EHR), it is important to recall the impetus to this reform. Prior to the implementation of the electronic health record, the national health care system encountered many problems that impeded quality patient care. There was not a standardized formal structure with the process. Consequently, it lacked communication across disciplines and among providers and

However, whereas this seems to prove the importance of EHRs there is a need to understand the steps to quality healthcare and how EHRs enable hospitals provide these aspects. This paper will try to bring forth, the true picture of Electronic Health Records effectiveness. It is important to understand what an EHR is. According to this paper, this will take the following definition

Use of EHR (electronic health records) in United States has increased in past years and have gained widespread use in the country. The use of EHR-Electronic Health Records or EMR-Electronic Medical Records and the systems that support them have gained standardized collection of health information and data for patient and healthcare providers. Because of these technologies, healthcare providers now have information about their patients at their fingertips, which has led to better and more accurate care. There are debates on using EHR. According to Mushtaq (2015), one of the most common debate is the use of EHR compliance and the value of these technologies that surround them (Mushtaq, 2015). Providers wonder if EHR use is useful and what is to be gained for the HCP-Healthcare provider. In regards to such debates and ongoing conversations, it is important to understand the definition of meaningful use and whether these technologies have resulted in meaningful use. According to Burchell (2016), The government developed the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act of 2009, which incorporates the meaningful use program (Burchell, 2016). The program has goals that tell us how to use the meaningful use with EMR or EHR. It helps HCP and organizations alike attain, use and keep goals like patient and clinical outcomes, individual patient autonomy, and increased transparency for providers. When these goals are attained and kept it will greatly

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.

The EHR article explains the progress and the adaption of rates of EHR systems over the years. The article states there has been a slow participation in the EHR incentive program, but there has been a shown continue increase in implementation in provider settings of EHR in 2014. As for Physician and Hospital, there has not been a fast implementation. Many of these facilities are at only stage one of the meaningful use in 2014 about one out of five hospitals and only 38% of hospitals is at the second stage of meaningful use. There have been gains in the implementation of new EHR systems in 2014 there was a 75% adoption rate in 2014 compared to 61% in 2013 for hospitals and for physicians 62% plan to participate in the EHR

Remember when everything was paper based and computers never existed, what happen to those days? What happen to having to do things manual? Well technology sure has changed and had made things easier and more cost effective in some ways. In the 1980s and the 1990s, Electronic Health Records (EHR) was just being introduced in such organizations such as Intermountain Health Care-Utah, Partners Healthcare-Boston, and Wishard Memorial Hospital-Indiana were among the few to see the quality and efficiency of EHR. (Byers, 2011)

Healthcare have came a long way in adopting and integrating technology and HER systems in a daily basses. On a studies reported on HealthIT.gov, the majority of physicians believe that electronic medical records provide a better view of their patients’ total health – allowing for better diagnoses while reducing the chance of medical errors ("HealthIT.gov | the official site for Health IT information," n.d.). The major importance EHR that stands out is to improve the quality and safety of care. IN addition it allow a better and safe transition of care as well

Electronic health records (EHR) are digital patient records whose interoperable and sharable use can lead to improved safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and timeliness of care. The value of EHR is leading to more efforts into integrating medical organizations with the rest of the health care system to maximize patient benefits and improve transitions of care. Highlighting the case for EHR to health care stakeholders, such as organizations, organizational managers, and practitioners, will help contribute towards the integration above, in the process also supporting policies aimed to introduce EHR in healthcare. The objective of the policy brief is to demonstrate the value of EHR in promoting positive transitions of care and minimizing

Moving from a paper-based platform to a digital one is a significant decision. Allowing patient access to personal EHRs empowers patients, minimizes physician error, and reduces cost. Although EHRs offer many significant benefits, the future demand that their risk be recognized and managed over time. This means they must consider not only the financial barriers, but also the technical, time, privacy and change process concerns that patients and provider have on electronic health records. Leadership, teamwork, flexibility, and adaptability are keys to finding better solutions. Electronic health records must be maximized in order to improve the quality, safety, efficient and effectiveness of health

In July of 2004, Tommy Thompson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, stated, "[A]merica needs to move much faster to adopt information technology in our health care system...electronic health information will provide a quantum leap in patient power, doctor power, and effective health care. We can 't wait any longer...” (hhs.gov). In the 12 years since Thompson’s statement, healthcare has been transformed by the beneficial adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) creating savings for healthcare organizations and reducing costs for practitioners and informaticists, as well as other professionals involved in the process.

The electronic medical record (EMR) is the replacement of paper manual charts and is being used all across the country. As per Hebda and Czar (2013), the EMR is the “building block” of the electronic health record (EHR), which can be defined as “a longitudinal record that includes client data, demographics, clinician notes, medications, diagnostic findings, and other essential healthcare information” (p.293). The widespread use of EHR’s in America is foreseeable and inevitably unavoidable, but by no means a simple and undoubtedly an effortless task to achieve.

Electronic Medical Records & Access, this gives the ability to have past records of patients for long term and easily access from any place whereas paper based document and can be loss or not able to get it when it’s needed. Ensuring that the EHR is as adopted as other clinical applications can greatly impact the patient experience, including; patient registration, records management, and information infrastructure systems. As Roham et al points out, many healthcare providers are still in early staging of implementing an EHR and if not completely installed can have a negative impact on patient satisfaction metrics(2014, p. 134)11.

Technology is changing how people communicate, work and establish relationships at the point that does not matter who you are, technology will be use in a certain manner. Healthcare is one of the industries that is being pushed to move forward and change their communication process and make patients information available 24/7. For many years hospitals, doctors, and another medical facilities were acting independently on the matter of administrate their own patient medical records, EMRs. Now they are required to convert those EMRs in electronic health records, EHRs. The difference between EMRs and EHRs are resumed in that EMRs contains the medical and treatment history of the patients in one practice only, and EHRs are designed to share information in more than one practice (Garret, 2011). EHRs are more global and will change the way we communicate in the healthcare industry.

The implementation of EHR’s in hospitals, laboratories, and physician offices are more prevalent; they are encouraging the patients to access their records online. Furthermore, doctors have access to consults, radiology reports, and emergency department details at the stroke of a key. This allows for a comprehensive assessment of the patient; without governmental mandates for interoperability of EMRs, this will remain to be inconsistent in the healthcare field.

According to Menachemi and Collum(2011) the implementation of the electronic health record is a necessary but not sufficient part in the transformation of the health care system. The system will be important in a way that they have clinical, organizational and societal outcomes that can be positive or negative depending on the effect of the system on the organization whether short term or long term.