The Failure Of Health Information Technology

Impacts of Electronic Health Records on Patient Care Federal stimulus money spurred the purchase and installation of health information technology (HIT) within our American healthcare system (Dashboard.healthit.gov, 2017). This technology has secured its place in our society by providing many benefits to patients and healthcare practitioners. However, health information technology (HIT) also has the potential to negatively impact patient care. This paper will talk about how EHR affects patient care

Imagine a situation when you have a health problem and need a specialist for medical help but instead, they become the cause of the biggest health problem in your life. A question, will you ever trust the health organization again? Probably no. Healthcare facilities should create a sense of trustworthiness and safety. Patients trust their doctors to always make the right decisions instead of them without a second thought. We must remember that doctors are humans and tend to make mistakes. Usually

revolution of health information technology (HIT) by providing billions of dollars to aid in implementation throughout the health care industry. HIT has allowed for improved patient-centered care secondary to improvement in communication channels, allowing for greater access of protected health information (PHI) for healthcare providers, which in turns, has improved the efficiency of patient care. Patient centered communication has been achieved through means of patient portals and electronic health records

system is no exemption. The critics have raised an important question of the benefits of the electronic health record system towards both the health care and physicians. The critics have argued that though this electronic health record system can help in saving money, but on the other hand it may not be a financially benefit to the physicians who opt to buy the system. The price tags for electronic health record system vary and depend largely on what is included and how vigorous it is. Although it is believed

In 1996 Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which established rules and requirements to protect the privacy of individual’s health information, including information that could be used to identify the individual. Entities that are covered by HIPAA are mandated not to use or disclose this information, except to covered entities for the purpose of “lawful intelligence, counter-intelligence and other national security activities.” All that is necessary for these

“About 5.8 million people in the United States have heart failure. The number of people who have this condition is growing. Heart failure is a leading cause of hospital stays among people on Medicare” (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2012). It is very common in individuals who are 65 years old or older, overweight people, and children with congenital heart defects. Heart failure is a chronic condition characterized by the heart’s inability to pump enough amounts of blood rich in oxygen

paper is to investigate the application of technology to reduce error in healthcare. The Institute of Medicine reports: to Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System in 1999, which estimates of more than a million injuries and 100,000 deaths attributable to medical errors annually. This numbers of deaths are errors that resulted from medical errors.. Error in the healthcare environment are frequent and sometimes result in the death of a patient. Health care organization have learned that Errors

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has mandated that all medical records be converted to an electronic format by 2015. Promises of improved availability of patient information, enhanced efficiency and cost-effectiveness are a few of the factors that have steered the need for this conversion. Successful implementation of Electronic Health Records involves collaboration, communication, financial resources, technical infrastructure and coordination. This paper will address the benefits of utilizing a

the U.S. Government passed The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (Mangalmurti, Murtagh and Mello 2060). The HITECH Act authorizes grants and incentives to promote the “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR) by providers (2060). The effect is a high commitment to a technology-led system reform, urging a renewed

exacerbations of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), older patients may receive care in multiple settings; often resulting in fragmented care and poorly-executed care transitions. The negative consequences of fragmented care lead to duplication of services; inappropriate or conflicting discharge instructions, medication errors, patient/caregiver anxiety, and increased costs of care. In light of changes in Medicare reimbursement penalizing hospitals with above set limits for heart failure (HF) readmissions, models