The Electronic Health Record Mandate

paper is to discuss the electronic health record mandate. Who started it and when? I will discuss the goals of the mandate. I will discussion will how the Affordable Care Act ties into the mandate of Electronic Health Record. It will describe my own facility’s EHR and what steps are been taken to implement it. I will describe the term “meaningful use,” and it will discuss possible threats to patient confidentiality and the what’s being done by my facility to prevent Health Information and Portability…

According to a survey from SK&A, after an initial migration to health IT solutions, practice owners’ adoption of electronic health records (EHR) has plateaued with only about a 2.8% increase from January 2014 to January 2015. The survey found that overall adoption by physicians is 62.8%, and that, in general, the larger the practice, the (not surprisingly) higher the adoption rates, with 77.2% of docs at medical groups of 25 or more members using EHRs – this is compared to only 54.5% of solo practitioners…

technology and it is changing the way that we communicate and record the healthcare that is to be delivered by clinicians. Paper charting is in the past and almost obsolete due to the advanced technical equipment and computer technology that is available today. In this paper the background of using electronic health records (EHR) will be discussed as well as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)…

Module 4 Assignment 2 Migrating to an Electronic Health Record Public Health Informatics Dr. Frazier PH 6512 Module 4 Assignment 2 Migrating to an Electronic Health Record Centervale County is a County that is located in the State of New York. It covers 550 square miles consisting of 50 municipalities. It has a population of 962,758 million, which is estimated to increase by 2.1% by 2015. The county’s location places New York City to the south at approximately 35 minutes from the…

this student will discuss the national mandate of electronic health records (EHR), and how this mandate is being implemented at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Also discussed are how Cleveland Clinic is progressing to achieve EHR, and what challenges this brings to patient confidentiality and self-determination. Lastly this student will provide information on the benefits of EHR in healthcare. According to Gunter & Terry (2005), “The electronic health record (EHR) is an evolving concept defined…

Abstract The times of entering and storing health care records in file cabinets is quickly changing due to the electronic age. Electronic Health Records (EHR) are becoming increasingly popular especially since there have been many legislative attempts to encourage the use of health information technology systems. With the potential benefits that come with EHR’s, potential risks are also associated with this technology. The main concern is that of maintaining data security and if current law establishes…

Electronic Health Record An Electronic Health Record (also known as EHR) is an official health record for a patient that is stored with multiple facilities and agencies. The main purpose of this electronic system is to improve efficiency, quality of care, and reduce costs. How can one system possibly do all these improvements to health records? Well let’s break it down to simpler terms. It will improve efficiency for individuals seeking healthcare from a different facility in the future. There will…

problems with documentation being lost, illegible handwriting, missed visits. By no means is this a nurse informatics system, and they don’t have EHR. I will be focusing on some of the important considerations needed before implementation of an electronic health record. Nurses collect, document and evaluate enormous volumes of patient care information, indeed the management and Time efficiency is just one of the multitude of benefits from the EHR implementation, but ironically time inefficiency is also…

Introduction Health Information Technology, or HIT, is defined by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) as, “the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making”(HRSA.gov). HIT has improved healthcare in several ways, and continues to improve as well. HIT is used by many healthcare professions such…

Abstract Electronic health records (EHR) is more and more being utilized in organizations offering healthcare to enhance the quality and safety of care. Understanding the advantages and disadvantaging of EHR is essential in the nursing profession as nurses would learn its strengths and weaknesses. This would help the nursing profession know how to deal with the weak areas of the system. The topic on advantages and disadvantages of EHR has been widely researched on with different researchers coming…