The RIP System

The hospital already has protocols in place, but the need for education regarding these protocl is great.The need on these protocols are great

The implementation of the new EMR system to the hospital will provide ease of information access, protected PHI, and help eliminate errors in our everyday use.

The Carr (2008) article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” examines if the use of computer tools for search, decision support, changes critical thinking skills in unintended, and potentially harmful, ways. In healthcare, the transition from paper-based records to electronic health records (EHRs) has not been a seamless endeavor. Further, what was once described as a revolutionary system that will transform patient care and enhance connectivity, now largely has a reputation for being time consuming and cumbersome. Ultimately, to date, EHRs and accompanying systems like EPIC have not lived up to their hype. During a 15 minute interview with a subject matter expert (SME), a tenured nurse, I asked questions pertaining to how the transition from paper-based records to an EHR has affected their daily work and whether she feels this technology has changed their clinical decision-making processes. Further we discussed issues related to patient confidentiality and whether or not their clinical problem solving and critical thinking skills were negatively affected.

With the increase in information technology, it has allowed data to be accessed almost anywhere in the world. Gone are the old ways of looking at data such as going to a data resource centers. In the medical world, Health information technology (HIT) open up vast new opportunities to physicians and medical care providers all over the world. The introduction of Electronic health records (EHR) allows healthcare providers to record patient data digitally and can assist in health care delivery. With EHR being readily available, they can increase the health and span of an individual’s lifetime regardless of socioeconomic status. When looking at American health care, the OECD has the US as one of the worst developed health care systems and a large part of it is due to our health information technology. Health care

EMR’s and charting are becoming a bigger part of an ever changing aspect in the world of healthcare and should be used more in the Emergency Department at GLWACH and in all Emergency Departments across the nation. With further research looking into ways to fix any glitches and provide continued upgrade of systems, EMR’s have the potential to reduce health care costs, improve efficiency, and to enhance the quality of care and patient safety that is provided by the nurse and the rest of the medical staff in the Emergency Department. At this time GLWACH Emergency Department does use paper charting but the paper charts do get scanned and uploaded onto a computerized system to be made part of their permanent EMR.

In terms of healthcare, that is no different. According to Ray, MD and Norbeck (2014), “...it drew attention to and hastened the growth of a mega-trillion dollar industry that seems more interested in advanced technology, federal regulation and personal data collection, than in the doctor’s care and life-saving treatment of patients.” Ray, MD and Norbeck outline a doctor’s perspective as it relates to the many changes in the healthcare industry. Ideally it illuminates the advantages and disadvantages that it poses for doctors. Furthermore, it displays the general turmoil that has been spewing for them in terms of such changes for a significant amount of time. Ideally as Universal Healthcare is cutting costs for the average individual, it is also becoming expensive to maintain all the technological aspects of the system. Therefore, another aspect of the debate becomes noted and the question of whether the American Universal Healthcare system is really cutting costs becomes raised. Although seemingly it may be cutting costs, who fits the bill for all the technology that has come about within the healthcare system? Such an understanding creates a sense of awareness that technology is ideally taking over the healthcare system. Thus, many other debates have been formed regarding the issues of technology as it regards to the healthcare system. As some may not find it as much of an

In Med Surg I, I was assigned to Harford Memorial Hospital. I was really excited to be back in the hospital setting after fourteen years of working in an outpatient surgical center. I previously worked in the Intensive Care unit at Fallston General Hospital for ten years as a critical care tech so I was really looking forward to caring for patients in the hospital setting. I was assigned two patients for which I had to perform a level two assessment on as well as their care. It was a rude awakening for me to discover that the nurses had to wear a phone and that it constantly rang while they were in the patient’s room trying to care for them. Also, all medical information and treatment was now in the computer and you had to scan their identification band and search for information throughout their chart. It appeared to me that some of the nurses never once looked their patient in the eye when they spoke to them, instead they stared at the computer. It made me feel a little uncomfortable the nurses’ main focus seemed to be on the computer and not on the patient lying in the bed. Brown (2011) agrees that individuals are continuously challenged with advancements in technology that can

Besides the disadvantages of (EMR)’s the advantages pose great benefits to patient care and efficiency. The greater use of electronic medical records or health records can reduce wait times, of seeing doctors or waiting for test results. All staff would need to cohesively work out the technical challenges and software data. With sophisticated IT

Einstein Medical Center, located in North Philadelphia, is a leading Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center and Certified Stroke Center. The facility has 772 beds and maintains one of the busiest emergency rooms in Philadelphia. Einstein’s emergency department treats over 95,000 patients each year, providing cutting edge care to patients with a wide variety of illnesses and injuries. The emergency department utilizes start-of-the-art systems to assist physicians and enhance patient care such as “digital radiography, and ED-based CT scanner, the Vocera Phone System, emergency bedside ultrasound, automatic patient tracking, and much more” (Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia). Despite the advanced care options, the recent passing of

The Realm - Individual Process - Situation System, also known as RIP, is used within the health care setting as an ethical, critical decision making tool. This system was intended on being an aid to help medical professionals make informed decisions about administering life saving treatments to patients. The program analyzes the manually inputted data and creates a prognosis of the likelihood of survival. With all of that being said, why has technology began to influence a professionals medical decisions? Doctors,

The RIP system is an effective use of medical technology not only because it can help save lives but also because the RIP system helps eliminate discrimination in the emergency room. A lot of times race, age, gender and social class seem to affect the decisions of some medical professionals. With the RIP system this is no longer a problem. Computers do not make the decisions but do however provide valuable information on how to treat each patient. The article states “Rather, it provides data and information that allow trained medical personnel to make more informed decisions about how to allocate very expensive treatment procedures and how to use most effectively limited medical resources, such as

The emergence of EMRs started in the year 1960s, which has now captured the entire health care showing better performances reducing the workload of medical attendants and helping patients have a complete record of every minute detail of their medical history. It is an interesting shift in the healthcare industry that is bringing down the data to synthesize it and make smarter clinical decisions.

The RIP system is an extremely helpful program that helps doctors make more informed decisions on their patients and will eventually be essential to doctors everywhere. It may have its flaws but so does every other piece of technology we use. I am sure when I was in the hospital my parents and friends were still worried about the percent chance saying I would die. With the advancements were making in technology it wouldn’t surprise me if this will program will be used in doctors’ offices across the world in the near

Technology, although innovating/revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare, is concerning both ethically and professionally. In medicine, respectful and productive inter-collaborative relationships, specifically amongst healthcare professionals, have always been important. Recently, technological advances have caused these relationships to change in both structure and function. Some proponents believe that the field is changing for the better, while others believe technology will bring ethical dilemmas/conflicts which may impede with the "best" delivery of healthcare. Personally, I believe that technology brings both benefits and drawbacks to these relationships but, inevitably, is, and increasingly will become, a common aspect of society.

The future of the health care industry seems very promising, from the implementation of EMRs and EHS, to advancements in communication and medical discoveries. For many, it comes as no surprise to hear of an emerging trend at Mount Sinai Hospital that could potentially change how long the