Electronic Medical Records : Cerner And Epic

In the medical field there have been a lot of technological advances and making health records electronic is one of them. The days of having a paper health record are almost obsolete. An electronic health record keeps a patient’s medical information and history on a computer which is accessible to more people in less time. I will explain how the continuity, communication, coordination and accountability of the electronic health record can help the medical office. I will explain what can be included in the electronic health record. As an advocate of the electronic health record I will also explain some disadvantages to the electronic system.

In regards to technology and how its influences healthcare today we see the use of EHRs, which allows for a high capacity healthcare environment by condensing patient information into an easily accessible form for all healthcare professionals. “EHRs allow us to collect meaningful data to determine the efficacy in which our units are functioning” (Biddle & Milstead 2016, p.12). This technology can help manage the high capacity hospital environment while not compromising quality. This

health record not only allows for recording and storage of patient information but enables the

But with the benefits there are also the risk factors. Some disadvantages of the EHR system would include; initial cost of planning and implementing an EHR system, lack of standardization across the healthcare setting, unauthorized access to patient information (security and privacy), inaccurate patient information if not updated properly, technical downtimes, potential negligence for data loss and possible patient access to conditions that they don’t comprehend which may panic them.

Since our founding, Neal Patterson, Cliff Illig and Paul Gorup have focused on a single idea: building an industry-leading healthcare company by creating unmatched value for our clients.  Among the pivotal moments in our history was the creation of Cerner Millennium, the first person-centric, unified information architecture.  Now, as we look out across the healthcare horizon, Cerner continues to push boundaries by ushering in a new generation of intelligent medical devices, broadening our client community around the globe, leveraging clinical and pharmaceutical data for new discoveries and collaborating with employers to address administrative friction.

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.

Cerner offers Skybox storage for the storage of patient information. It has an unlimited storage capacity and the data is uploaded once and then available in the Cloud at anytime and location. Data is located at the hospital site and at Cerner data center locations. This allows for file replication in the event of data loss or corruption. Military grade encryption is utilized with continuous intrusion monitoring (Cerner, 2015). Security standards are also built into the system to meet HIPAA standard. HIPAA training must be completed by each new employee and a signature must be obtain that the employee will follow HIPAA guidelines. Access to patient information is only given if it is pertains to their hired position. The hospital must develop HIPAA policies that are updated annually. User specific logins and passwords are utilized to sign into the system and they need to be changed at set

This system has proven success in working with hospitals of this size. The hospital already utilizes many pieces of patient equipment which have platforms which interface easily with the Cerner®. This will allow the nursing, pharmacy, physician and respiratory care staff to pull patient care data from the devices into the on line documentation forms. Cerner® is certified for meaningful use.

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

By making health information accessible across an entire Acute Care System, Cerner EHR facilitates improved safety, care and coordination by providing clinicians with real-time health information, so that they are able to make more accurately informed decisions. Their electronic health records system eliminates the need for hand-written documentation, provides medical records clarity, improves accuracy and reduces errors. Cerner’s customizable applications were specifically designed to streamline both administrative and clinical tasks. These automated processes, ensures health care professionals are better equipped to maintain and perform all key administrative manipulations of clinical data relevant to each patient of record. Cerner EHR also

Besides the disadvantages of (EMR)’s the advantages pose great benefits to patient care and efficiency. The greater use of electronic medical records or health records can reduce wait times, of seeing doctors or waiting for test results. All staff would need to cohesively work out the technical challenges and software data. With sophisticated IT

If a HIE is not present, the EMRs are not able to communicate with other facilities EMRs causing duplicate information on patient that isn’t always correct. A situation where this is common is when a patient has surgery and then goes to another facility for complications due to the surgery, the patients knowledge doesn’t always coincide with the actual events that took place. While EHRs have several benefits, they still come at a cost to the provider and the consumer. It wasn’t until 2009 when the Health Information Technology for Economics and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, signed the largest US initiative to date. This enticed the widespread of use of EHRs as a part of the stimulus package(4).

Health care is a hot topic in today’s society- everything from reforming the industry so that people are not denied health coverage to finding ways that patients’ medical records can be accessed electronically for more convenience. Moreover, epidemics such as HIV/AIDS spotlights the issues surrounding public health agencies use of maintenance and storage of electronic health records (EHR). Myers, Frieden, Bherwani, and Henning (2008) state that although there are security breaches when personal health information is stored in electronic form, the data can be better secured than paper records because authentication, authorization, auditing, and accountability

The company Cerner Corporation founded in 1979 by Paul Gorup. Cerner interoperability electronic health record (EHR) software system name is labled “Cerner Power chart Ambulatory EHR.” Cerner, a non-profit consortium of approximantly15,000 providers their annual revenue of $2.67 billion. The Cerners contracts with hospitals throughout the country to provide software Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) system its members. Cerner employs a wide range of IT professionals who are able to assist its member hospitals with network management. The Cerner Corporation also maintains a datacenter and datacenter staff (Cerner, 2016).

Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a nonprofit Healthcare organization in the city of Kelsey that has provided quality