Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations The use of health information technology has evolved over the years to become an integral part of the patient care. Note to mention that technology in healthcare initially was driven by hospital shared accounting system, then, it changes to drugs and reimbursement program. The system has expanded to the point that at the corner of 21 century, health technology is different from what it was before. Meanwhile, complementary technologies
Meaningful Use For Nurses: Implications And Recommendations Name DeVry University NR 512 Prof. Date Meaningful use has been defined as any tool or technology that adds value to improving the lot of patient care and patient administration; as a result of Meaningful Use (MU) legislation that provides incentive payments to hospitals and other providers that use certified electronic systems and encode clinical data with standardized terminologies (Dykes & Collins, 2013). It can also be
involved with patient care. Stage 3 rules also begun 2015 and will account for refining patient outcomes. For example, a research study shows that “Stage 3 is set to begin as an optional requirement for physicians and hospitals in 2017 and required in 2018 [1].” The new optional requirements give EHR vendors significant challenges to deliver successful certification standards in the program. The ability of electronic prescribing medication, exchange and transfer patient’s health information electronically
Meaningful Use for Nurses Meaningful used is defined as the set of standards by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) incentive programs that governs the use of the electronic health record (EHR) and allows eligible providers and hospitals to earn incentive payments by meeting specific criteria (Baker, 2013, p. 607). This paper will provide an overview of the Meaningful Use program and an analysis of the implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes and
Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations Sheena Eisen H. Adrados Chamberlain College of Nursing Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations Over the past decade, virtually every major industry invested heavily in computerization. The heath care industry was no exception to the rise in the use of technology. These technologies are starting to allow health care practitioners to offer faster, and more efficient patient care than
clinical information systems; with the use of the electronic medical record (EMR), electronic health record (EHR), and electronic personal health record (ePHR) have been the beginning of the movement into the integration and use of clinical health information systems (Reilly & Polifroni, 2011). As these technologies are being implemented into the everyday interaction that patients have with the healthcare delivery system, government laws and agencies are making sure that the use is appropriately monitored
Meaningful Use The meaningful use law was written into legislation with the sole purpose of providing healthcare providers with funding for implementing healthcare information technology, electronic health records, protecting patient’s health information, and provides patients with greater access and control over their protected health information. Derived from the Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) that provides funding and incentives for the implementation
while providing patient care. Under this code, nurses are not allowed to pry into information on patients not directly under their care, and they could not share any patient information to individuals who are not privileged to know such information. (American Nurses Association, 2015). Ethical issues related to electronic health records (EHRs) are extremely beneficial to clinicians, patients and an organization. This is because it not only increases access to health care, but it does reduce costs
the epic changes and alterations to our current healthcare system, the Federal Government has made great strides in order to make healthcare more effective and efficient. In order to do so healthcare reforms have been enacted in order to have medical professionals and facilities use technology and informatics. Technology in the medical field helps create databases and offer medical professionals a higher level of patient care. Meaningful Use is part of a 2009 law called HITECH, which in turn is part
Meaningful Use Healthcare Information Technology has drastically changed in the past 10 years. With billions of dollars being spent to insure improvement in the healthcare industry. In 2009 President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The President did this with hope to improve the delivery of healthcare in the United States by giving incentives for the implementation of Electronic Health Record and meaningful use of them. To become eligible for meaningful use is