Qlt1 Task 1

University Medical Center has recently upgraded to an electronic medical record system. The goal of this system is to create more efficient, reliable, and accessible charting and medical records for doctors, nurses, and patients. When first discussed, the staff acted favorably towards it. However, with the system now in place, the staff is having a hard time adjusting. The staff nurses believe that the charting takes time away from patient care. Charting is taking longer than it did using paper documentation. The nurses also notice that doctors’ orders are being entered wrong. They state that this is a huge issue, especially concerning medications because some staff may overlook the dosages, over-relying on the barcode scanners. Another major complaint is system downtime. The electronic medical record has only been implemented a month ago and there has already been three episodes of downtime. These issues, as well as the news of hackers accessing medical records of neighboring hospitals, have made the implementation of electronic documentation a slow process.

It is no secret that the medical profession deals with some of population’s most valuable records; their health information. Not so long ago there was only one method of keeping medical records and this was utilizing paper charts. These charts, although still used in many practices today, have slowly been replaced by a more advanced method; electronic medical records or EMR’s. “The manner in which information is currently employed in healthcare is highly inefficient, which slows down communication and can, as a result, reduce the emergence and

Given the highly competitive nature of today’s markets we as a company must provide high quality products to survive. Quality itself has become a major competitive factor and in many ways is a contributing factor in success or failure. The intent of this memo is to identify, explain and evaluate the three types of cost associated with quality.

As we continue to move toward the end our quarterly objectives. I wanted to take the time to explain some of our costs. In our particular field of designing and manufacturing products, we are always engaging in ways that we can mitigate loss and improve our processes. Performing such changes will give a stronger presence in the market by allowing us to remain competitive.

Awareness of what health threats I might be susceptible to, and information I learned in this course about health behavior change has led me to take primary and secondary prevention actions (Straub, 2014, pp. 204). Knowing that I have a predisposition to breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hypertension, and heart problems has motivated me to exercise and improve my physical fitness, and visit the doctor more regularly to stay as healthy as possible and keep myself from getting sick. I don’t do drugs or drink alcohol because such behaviors can cause short-term and especially long-term health consequences. These are examples of primary prevention. At a recent visit to the doctor, I was informed that I have high cholesterol,

The state of Kansas is in the Midwestern United States. The state of Kansas is renowned for its agriculture. It ranks number seven in regard to agriculture production in the United States (Nelson & Staggers, 2014). Wyandotte County is located in Kansas City . Wyandotte County seats west of Kansas City, Missouri. The county of Wyandotte consists of a total population of 163,369 people according to the latest census. The majority of inhabitants are whites, black Americans and Hispanic making up 95,048 46,233 and 26,139 persons respectively. The rest of the population is from other races. The county population spread out as follow with 28.5% under the age of 18, 10% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 19.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% is older adult 65 years of age or older. The leading cause of mortality

The article discusses a recent study by Annals of Internal Medicine that showed physicians spend 37 percent of their time on clinical documentation in their electronic health records. This was attributed to the fact that a number of people have use for clinical documentation in

Some physicians feel meaningful use is a burden on them, and that it could take time away from one’s patients. One might feel that all one does is input data into the electronic record. Physicians feel that they spend too much time clicking on buttons, and that there is so much information it is easy to get lost in the system. Some systems may show a lag due to all the individual now on the computers. It is hard for some to understand change, but meaningful use is a great benefit to healthcare.

Overall, the purpose of this paper was demonstrated the development of electronic health records and clinical documentation that is used by healthcare practitioners to provide the quality care. The Clinical Documentation has focused on providing care to patients and sharing patient information between healthcare providers and patient medical record to track their conditions. Essentially, future technologies will reduce the dependence from medical paper based industry to use fully an electronic clinical documentation and significantly contribute to these changes and assists health practitioners in meeting professional and organizational goals. This will provide a more efficient infrastructure, and it would be more beneficial for health care when the technology advances, which is helpful towards all patients, the care teams, and health care organizations.

Clinical Documentation has been used throughout the healthcare to analyze care provided to a patient, communicate important information between healthcare providers and patients, and provide medical records that will help patients track their conditions. The Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have revolutionized the process of clinical documentation through direct care to the patient. This electronic health record is a new technology that helps maintain patient’s privacy and to direct care of the patient. Both Computer systems and EHRs can facilitate and improve the clinical documentation methods, which is beneficial for all patients, the care teams, and health care organizations. In this case, clinical documentation improvement has a direct impact on patients by providing quality information. However, the new technological change can also address the health care system efficiencies that differ from paper-based charting. Obviously, the implementation of clinical documentation is essential to enhance the provision of safe, ethical, and effective care.

Advancement in computer technology has dramatically changed the ways we live and interact with each other. Information and communication technology has been widely cited as a means of improving clinical records, quality of care, efficiency and reduces healthcare costs (Meum, Wangensteen, Soleng, & Wynn, 2011). Electronic Health Records allow for the electronic documentation of patients’ health history, present health status, procedures, tests, nursing interventions, medical interventions, point of

In the previous years, nurses used to record patient health records on paper documents and file them. This tiresome and bulky procedure wasted a lot of time especially when searching for specific information about a certain patient (Ball, 2010). However, information technology has provided an adequate way that has provided nurses with an easy way, to record patient data. Nurses use the computer to save patient health records and access the records easily when needed. This is a significant development in the nursing profession because it has made the procedure easy and allows nurses to use little time when locating patient health records. For instance, the United Kingdom made use of information technology and ensured that it made all patient records

A Health Care Record is an integral component in delivering quality services. It must be organised and stored in a manner that allows easy retrieval of pertinent information. Even with the recent introduction of OHIS, paper files are still in use for storing certain documents such as lab reports, consent forms etc. Monthly audit of 5 records, conducted by nursing staff, establishes a process for maintenance of an organised health record.

Information sharing has been shown to improve record-keeping hence why there is an increasing emphasis on electronic communication in health care in the UK (Lewis, 2002). There might be challenges with this system as different professionals might use jargons or coding system which might not be understood by other professionals. Therefore, it will be beneficial for the electronic system to be richness of free text and structured records. The quality of health records is based on the quality of information communicated among teams hence a system that provides a common language can improve care. (Lewis,

Healthcare professionals require being highly mobile because of the nature of their work, Working in various locations such as ICUs, operation theatre, emergency departments etc. Hence communication between healthcare professionals is very important. (Ammenwerth, et al., 2000) (Bardram, 2005) (Banitas, et al., 2004), (Burdette & Herchline, 2008) in the 1990s Healthcare professionals used to have pagers for mobile communication until the mobile phones were widely available (Burdette & Herchline, 2008). The presence of mobile Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in the 1990s enabled healthcare professionals to organize their