Health Care Case Study

Although EMR’s may be taking over the medical world, paper medical charts remain the most well recognized form for keeping medical records. There are however some things within paper charts that some medical personnel might argue make it a primitive aspect of the medical field. One argument in itself is that the abundance of paper that is utilized in paper charting doesn’t stand up to the “green” society we aspire to live in today. “Paper charting used to take so long, the papers would always get unorganized, they took up so much room in the nurses’ station and the worst was waiting for a doctor to finish with a chart so I could chart what I needed to” (Brittney Guggino LPN, 2012). Another acknowledged concern with paper medical charts is the illegible handwriting of clinicians, which is a common, longstanding problem. Being unable to read orders clearly creates an added risk when dealing with patients treatments, medications etc. Paper charts may be familiar but they come with many downfalls and it’s these downfalls which may sway a person’s decision in the opposite direction in regards to the

EMR stands for Electronic Medical Records. It is “a paperless, digital and computerized system of maintaining patient data, designed to increase the efficiency and reduce documentation errors by streamlining the process.” (Santiago, n.d., para. 1)

* Reduction of medication errors- Barcode medication administration safeguards against wrong pt/wrong med/wrong dose errors and alerts to potential medication interactions (Goth, 2006).

Unfortunately, with five medication aides and two managers all doing filing, records often get misplaced, whether they are put in the wrong section of the expand-a-file, filed under the wrong section of a resident’s binder or accidently get deposited into the secure shredding container. The implementation of a new health documentation system would be a marked improvement to the current system.

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are a digital version of the paper charts in the clinician’s office. An EMR contains the medical and treatment history of the patients in one practice. EMRs have advantages over paper records. For example, EMRs allow clinicians to:

The electronic medical records has helped improved overall patient care . Allowing simple real-time charting for nurses has made charting more accurate and efficient.It allows for insurance to be billing to more efficient. Doctors can view a whole life time of health care information in one spot and review results quickly.

When I became a nurse, the hospital I work for was still using paper charts. Within a few years of being at the hospital, there was a gradual incorporation of electronic health record (EHR) charting. Now looking back there have been many great positives to the implementation to EHR including past medical history, allergies, insurance and other information.

Electronic medical records can benefit patients in many ways. One major way it can benefit a patient is the efficiency of the records being organized and easy for any practitioner or staff member to read. EMR can lower the risks of

Some negative indications when using EMR’s could be: power outages and or computer glitches, potential privacy threats, and some believe that it may lead to depersonalized patient care.

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

The EMR system is better for some doctors because it eliminates the unclear handwriting, thus cutting down on the unclear writing mistakes by doctors. The patients have been released from the hospital at a rate of at least one day earlier than the patients with paper records and these bills were almost $900.00 less than when they used the paper records. There have been many deaths each year because of the wrong medication being written on the prescription paperwork and a pharmacist misread the handwriting on the form. If this information is typed the chances of making a mistake are less. There are also EMR systems that diagnose diseases and treatments, which is another advantage. Just imagine how fast the patient can be healed if a computer program can predict the results of an illness by entering the symptoms such as a device that searches for glaucoma via computer generated images, the analyzing of mammograms and the ultrasound device to analyze lumps in a females breast that determine if it is benign or cancerous. Most of the time these computer systems have accuracy rate of 80% or more which is the last advantages that we will talk about today.

According to Bleier (2014), managers at more than a dozen Veteran Affairs (VA) facilities lied about scheduling appointments and 93 VA facilities across the country are being investigated for not doing what is expected in health care. Officials at 42 of the 93 facilities engaged in manipulation of scheduling. However, 19 of the same facilities cancelled appointments and then rescheduled for the same day to meet on time performance goals. The required electronic waiting lists were failed by 16 facilities. Phoenix VA hospital falsified waiting list while their supervisors looked the other way or even directed this action to be conducted, resulting in chronic delays for veterans seeking care. In addition, 14 out of 17 patients received

Patient Ms. A. H. admitted with hopelessness, and pain. Complains of anxiety over financial situation in her family.

Electronic medical records create communication between the health care physicians, nurses, and patient. These records are essential to each department in the doctor's office, emergency rooms, and hospitals. There are enormous advantages to EMR serving as the platform for patient care within a medical practice (protegehealth).

After the date of loss on July 22, 2017, Ms. Sityar said she received a text message from the claimant on August 6, 2017. Within the text, Ms. Sinay said the claimant texted her and requested to make note that on the second day of her training on July 22, 2017, Dr. Sinay had adjusted her in a prone position with adjustment to her thoracic spine located at the TA8, T9 and T10 segments of her spine, as he proceeded to adjust her lumbar A3 segment of her spine. After being adjusted, according to the text she received, Ms. Shirer complained that the adjustment she received from Dr. Sinay was painful. She further stated in the text that Dr. Sinay failed to complete and intake inpatient history form from her prior to adjusting her.