The Importance Of The Cardiac System Of Care, The Healthcare And Evaluation Professionals From The State Of South Dakota

Each year in the United States approximately 114 million people visit their local Emergency Department (ED), and 16 million of these patients arrive by Emergency Medical Services (EMS). (Board et al.) Health care in America has moved from an individual, fee-for-service health care system, towards a more integrated healthcare system i.e., The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is a government controlled healthcare system, and is set up to be a value-based payment system. The ACA will expand and transform the roles of EMS within the healthcare system. EMS’s ability to survive and thrive in this new era of healthcare, will revolve, in part, on its ability to articulate its value to healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, hospital systems, and payers, as well as patients and family members. (Smith) EMS can thrive in the future, if it embraces change. John F. Kennedy had this to say about change, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” (BrainyQuote) In order for EMS to thrive in the changes that the future is bringing, it must: focus on mobile integrated healthcare, be data driven in their clinical practices. There are three other areas that will be discussed at length, EMS agencies should be actively pursuing a community paramedicine program, EMS using remote telemedicine and EMS moving towards a value-based payment system.

UHN in Toronto is a major community care network that reaches out to and provides care to the masses. However in order to provide this kind of care they must have a very powerful decision support system. UHN utilizes an advanced CPR to support computerized physician order entry (CPOE). (Wu, Perters, & Morgan, 2002) A CPR system is a computer-based patient record system. A CPR system must provide a comprehensive clinical decision support it must include both a patient focus and a population focus. The physical computer system that is installed on the computers at UHN is called Patient 1® which is a clinical information system developed by Atlanta Based Per-Se

Two organizations migrating to a common health information system would need a system that meets current regulatory requirements, meets the needs of the combined organization and their practice environment. The implementation of a common health information system would require an interdisciplinary group of forward thinking innovators, and an interoperable electronic medical record system that includes standard nursing terminology.

Our one hundred bed hospital is in need of updating from paper charting to computerized health records. In doing this, we will meet our goal of compliance with meaningful use legislation. We assembled a team of members to assist with this task and together we have narrowed the search to two health care systems. Those two systems are EPIC and Meditech and we will now discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each, with a final recommendation for our new healthcare system.

Healthcare systems are highly complex, fragmented, and use multiple information technology systems and vendors who incorporate different standards resulting in inefficiency, waste, and medical errors (Healthinformatics, 2016). A patient 's medical information often gets trapped in silos, which prevents information from being shared with members of the healthcare community (Healthinformatics, 2016). With increasing healthcare costs, a system needed to be created that would lead to the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology system to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. Introducing the National Health Information Network (NHIN), this organization can be defined as a set of

Examination of the types of database systems that are available and how health care facilities utilize these different types of databases is the topic of this report. Giving more detail on the different types of architecture of databases and data structure will follow.

In 1988, an information system called the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) was formulated by a company called Science Applications International Corporations (SAIC). Science Application International Corporations won the contract worth $1.02 billion from the Military Health System to design, develop and implement CHCS. Although CHCS information system was designed in 1988, it wasn’t until 1993 that the system was introduced. Since 1993, CHCS has become the biggest medical information system for the military medial facilities. CHCS is the most essential part for the Department of Defense (DoD) for inpatient and outpatient. The system supports 143 military installation worldwide, 1,100 military clinics, and produce thousands of daily

Patients are taking an aggressive role in their healthcare needs. Patients desire to in touch with their medical records. Medical professionals are utilizing the Electronic Health Records to implement current data into information necessary to provide quality care for the patient. Thereby, managing patients’ current, and past histories. To understand what is occurring today, one must recognize why patients are taking an active approach to their healthcare.

Information systems assist Patton-Fuller Community Hospital in setting and accomplishing it goals of improving and collaborating interdepartmentally with management, employees, staff, and customers (Apollo Group, Inc, 2013). Proficient information systems objectives are to provide effective and efficient services; add profit and cost-avoidance; and social responsibility (Blue Avenue Associates, 2010). Patton-Fuller objectives are to improve the efficiency of the hospital operations, relationship with current and future patients, and support finance management (Apollo Group, Inc, 2013).

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It has only been within the last five years that health information management (HIM) has experienced exponential changes, due to the healthcare reform. The electronic health record (EHR) is connected to health information exchanges and other systems of interoperability. The timely completion of charts, coding and release of information (ROI) has become much more efficient with the electronic record. Traditional HIM functions will just be transformed and will always be an integral part of successful patient care. Professionals must be flexible and willing to adapt and even generate change. As Health Information Technology continues to evolve, so will the roles

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.

Smithson Healthcare System (SHS) is a not-for-profit health system which serves the greater community of Newland County and other rural satellite counties within the state. In 2013, SHS unfolded a new heart clinic located at their Smithson East hospital as a tactical response to some disturbing outcome data and the evolving healthcare environment. The clinic’s purpose was to improve outcomes for patients with a primary diagnosis of heart failure and respond to reimbursement changes associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). After three years of aggregating data on the operating performance of the heart clinic, an evaluation of the impact and success of the clinic is required. This analysis will offer conclusions and suggestions that will influence the future of the heart clinic’s vitality for consideration to Smithson East’s Chief Operating Officer (Chelsea Rigland) and its senior staff.

The First level of the WBS defines and organizes all of the task required to complete the overall project. The plan for the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital; the overall goal is to implement an Electronic Medical Records System. To achieve the goal the requirements must be gathered, the system designed, the integration of the systems with the excising systems completed and finally the deployment of the system for use. All of these steps make up the phases of the overall goal of the project.

Having a single view of the patient and their treatment and recovery plan is invaluable in ascertaining which are the most and least effective tactics in treatment. The 360-degree view of the patient and the many processes supporting them is crucial for increasing the accuracy, effectiveness and performance of treatment programs over time (Blakeman, 1985). Computerized management systems are critical for organizing, analyzing and translating the massive amount of data captured on patients, treatment and recovery processes, and the use of supporting IT systems to optimize patient health and organizational provider performance (Peshek, Cubera, Gleespen, 2010). The ability to aggregate and intelligently use all available data, information, patient-based and process-generated data to deliver higher levels of quality care is possible when computerized management systems are used throughout healthcare organizations.