Proposal For The Nhs Internet Connection Project

The National Health Service (NHS) is an organisation in the Public sector, this means that it is provided and funded by the government through taxes, and it provides a service. It is health care system, provided to anyone regardless of age, race and income; free of charge to prevent diseases and illnesses. It was founded in 1948 with the aims to improve the quality and length of life of local people; to provide better services where they are needed most; and to help people to take more control of their health. Although one of its aims is to provide a service to the local people, the NHS is a national

The high cost of healthcare continues to rise and many in the United States are optimistic for health information technology to reduce and improve our current situation. Health IT encompasses a broad array of new technologies designed to manage and share health-related information. When properly implemented, these systems can help coordinate patient care, reduce medical errors, and improve administrative efficiency. Therefore, implementing a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) will help the National Health Information Network (NHIN) achieve their goals in improving quality of care for the citizens of the United States. Thus, in order for the health IT to deliver on its promise, several obstacles must be overcome.

Patton Fuller is a community hospital that has been proudly serving the community since 1975. Patience care is number one, and they thrive to ensure each of their patients experience is as pleasant as possible. Hospitals are under enormous pressure to treat patients in the most effective and efficient way. By leveraging the best IT systems, health organizations provide the type of patient care with the speed and efficiency required by the market. By analyzing Patton Fuller’s IT infrastructure, a determination can be made about the network and the devices supported on it as well. The outcome of the analysis will be used to recommend new

A powerful IT infrastructure is necessary to advance healthcare quality. Among countless other advantages, an effective IT infrastructure generates accurate and accessible performance data, allowing monitoring of results. However, Hill absorbed the cost to physicians which encouraged their physicians to adapt to the new system. Similarly, they made sure the system was user friendly which lessened frustration and resistance.

Grand Hospital incorporated currently uses a proprietary healthcare information system that includes a patient portal, electronic medical records, computerized physician order entry, imaging, laboratory and pharmacy. Grand Hospital’s leadership is investigating creative resolutions to improve current physician service coverage, including ICU, radiology, and behavioral health via the implementation of telemedicine into the current system. (Wagner, Lee, & Glaser, 2013)

Hoping to infuse a sense of functional modernity into their sprawling medical facilities, the Bacon County Hospital and Health System (BCHHS) of Alma, Georgia elected to join the Georgia Telemedicine Program (GTP) in 2005, and through the implementation of specialized informatics systems many aspects of the hospital's healthcare delivery system have since been significantly improved. Adhering to the stated mission of the BCHHS to "provide compassionate and comprehensive community healthcare that is cost effective," the multi-tiered health system which spans multiple campuses underwent the transition to electronic health records (EHR) with the goal of standardizing its procedures and streamlining its processes. According to the Georgia Partnership for Telehealth (GPT), one hallmark of the BCHHS' inclusion in the program is the hospital's status as a hub within "the Open Access Network, which is a web of statewide access points based on strategic partnerships with successful existing Telemedicine programs … to maximize opportunities for timely specialty services" (2012). One of the pillars of the cooperative relationship between the BCHHS and the GPT is the emerging field of healthcare informatics, which "brings together the various health sciences (eg, medicine, nursing, public health) and other relevant fields including information science, computer science, and cognitive science … to promote the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in

The following document shall serve as the RFP (Request for Project) for the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital. Team A has researched the hospital’s current IT systems seeking ways to ensure many years of continued success and compliance with the very best practices in the IT community today. Specific areas such as networking architecture design and the future proofing of the design for speed, accuracy, and security of the system shall be discussed as part of this RFP. Special consideration was given to the sensitive nature of the security surrounding patient information while

Restrictions on originating sites, geographic limitations, constraints on store-and-forward technologies and issues with Medicare reimbursements are just a few of the challenges. In the 114th Congress, Zipnosis was one of 98 organizations to publicly endorse the CONNECT for Health Act (H.R. 4442). With bipartisan support, CONNECT would have facilitated the full integration of telemedicine by removing geographical limitations, providing a federal definition of telemedicine, creating a level playing field for virtual care technologies and expanding Medicare’s telehealth and remote patient monitoring services.

Several advancements have been made in healthcare technology, from the highly-awaited ICD-10 coding to HIE and general interoperability projects. California has been a pioneer in leading efforts in this space, and is home to some of the best hospitals in the nation. As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work with one such innovative organization, Sutter Health, that serves over 100 Northern California communities.

Tennessee State University (TSU) Health Care Administration and Planning Student Organization in the Department of Public Health, Health Administration, and Health Sciences HCAP 3900 — Technical Writing and Communication students are requesting funding to provide Telehealth services for DeKalb Community Hospital. Telehealth services will benefit this hospital because of its rural location. Rural areas lack the healthcare services needed to treat patients, which causes the population to have to treat elsewhere. Providing Telehealth services to this hospital will prevent the population from traveling hours to receive treatment. The amount requested to provide the Telehealth services is $300,000 per year, which is six million dollars in total. The reasoning for the services, an action plan, and a budget justification are included in the proposal.

Today’s healthcare organizations have changed, mirroring or leading the changes seen in their enterprise counterparts. Organizations have become widely distributed, and most don’t have a dedicated IT staff. At the same time, most clinics or distributed sites require connectivity to hospital resources/applications, and reliable, high speed wireless networks to function. The mobile nature of caregivers and the growing use of networked imaging and video in patient care settings make an affordable, easy to manage network mission critical.

It was determined that the healthcare organization has a current patient portal and the staff needed to maintain this technology solution. By combining forces with other community

Connectivity Issues: Reliable data transmission is necessary for successful patient-provider Teledermatology consultation. Patients who upload and transmit their photos or participate in a videoconferencing session rely on their home Internet connection for this data transmission. Unreliable data connections can result in incomplete transmission and the provider may not receive all digital files. This is something that NHS cannot control. As a solution, NHS can provide a guest service internet access at all hospitals, urgent care clinics and satellite facilities that will allow patients to connect to the internet and transmit their images.

Five doctor offices have decided to join each of their buildings to a network. With this, each office will have access to each of the other four offices’ information. This would greatly benefit them and their patients, allowing them to pull up a

The future trends in health care are limitless. From using applications that perform EKG’s to robot-assisted surgery, the rapid expansion of technology applications in health care is astounding. Advancing technology also pushes the boundaries of health care in its ability to integrate health care information. The integration of health care information is critical to the effective, efficient delivery of quality care in a now fragmented health care system. This paper will assess how the internet or any new forms of electronic communication can be used as an external delivery source of communicating patient-specific information, address the impact of distance delivery on health care, how these communication issues impact health care today and