The age of the globalisation has gifted mankind of many advancements and enhancements in many

The health care industry is relying on high-tech medical devices to care for the patients. In the article, “Pay for What Works” (2008), it is stated: “the U.S. also has trouble controlling the spending habits of a health care colossus that is on track to consume 20 cents of every dollar by 2015, a tripling from 1970 levels” (p.32).What they fail to realize is that years ago these advances in technology did not exist and patients were still diagnosed and cared for. Of course, we have medical equipment now that can help personal conditions that could not be treated before, but are we overlooking the cheaper, just as efficient ways? Why should surgery automatically be performed when there is a medication that can handle the problem first? No wonder why so many Americans cannot afford health

     The rise in healthcare costs has been the result of a multitude of factors: aging of the population, skyrocketing prescription drug costs, and stricter healthcare legislation. But perhaps the greatest contributor to increased costs has been the development of new biomedical technologies and the greater use of sophisticated medical procedures.

Technology in our age today has been emerging, and as the years advance it is certain that it will continue to facilitate the world that we live in on many different scales. In relation to medical care and advancement, technology can be used in many ways to enhance healthcare delivery and patient care. Through technology communication within the interdisciplinary teams of a patient which sometimes involves various specialties, is highly facilitated. Medical records are now easily shared within the team of specialist. For example, records such as specialty doctor's recommendations and laboratory records arrive faster at the primary care physician fingertip. This helps immensely in the providers decision making process for sometimes very time sensitive, lifesaving treatments preferences. Technology also helps to improve health care delivery and patient care because it has played a major role in decreasing the rates of preventable medical errors that are sometimes costly to patient lives. In an article published by the Internatinal Journal of Health

With the use of technology at its glance, the use of Informatics in health care systems is improving and benefiting patients, family and the community. Informatics improve research, communication, documentation, diagnosis, education, and preventing of errors in the health care system. The use of paper charting increase errors, loss of documents, which could interrupt patient treatment and safety. Informatics is also useful in keeping patient medical records, track patient treatment, and progress.

As technology increases so will the costs for equipment. The elderly population will raise the amount spend in government funded health care which will escalate the overall costs. Third party payment how the U.S. healthcare system bills for services and this can be a complicated issue. As more and more services are offered to patients although some may not be required, the “overuse of high-cost technology” is an issue with providers and patients not considering the costs on the other end that the third party spends. Defensive medicine is a hindrance to the issue of overuse of high technology as providers will order more tests in an attempt to find a diagnosis as more and more patients are suing if they did not get adequate

Disruptive technologies have played a significant role through the ages in leapfrogging the paradigms of healthcare systems. The advent of radiology, for instance, introduced a field of medicine, which transformed the practice of healthcare. On the other hand innovations such as home blood glucose monitors for people with diabetes, blood pressure monitors, and wearable medical devices have changed health care management to move more into the hands of the individual.

In this paper, I will discuss the issue of health informatics and will be focusing on electronic

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.

Electronic Medical Records or Computerized Medical Record System what is it and what are the advantages along with the disadvantages of using this system? That is what we will discuss in this paper.

Even with a decrease in the cost and more efficient medical equipment, health care costs are rising. The expectation today

Paperless healthcare record is a longitudinal management system of keeping patients’ health information electronically 24/7 and being able to share it (Greenhalgh and Keen 2013). Paperless healthcare records continue to grow in popularity as health care organizations are implementing or soon will be implementing a system of electronic patient records on the promise that paperless healthcare records provide faster and efficient access to healthcare (Kossman and Scheidenhelm, 2008; Top et al. 2013, Boonstra et al. 2014). Electronic patient records have various forms and the term used differs between healthcare organisations. Terms such as electronic health records (EHR), electronic patient records (EPR), Health Information Technology

We are seeing slow growth in healthcare cost due to Affordable Care Act rapid spending in health care. A key goal of the ACA was to begin wringing these inefficiencies out of the health care system, simultaneously reducing the growth of health care spending – and its burden on families, employers, and state and federal budgets – while increasing the quality of the care delivered (Whitehouse. Gov). Advancement in technology which is costing a bundle in hopes of cutting the cost and providing more efficient fast quality and finding better ways of managing patients flows, while still providing quality service in health care.

The face of health care is changing today with the emergence of new technology. This technology comes in the form of electronic health record (EHR) system. Electronic health record, which is digital medical information collected contains records of patient diagnosis, treatments, medication information and other data relevant to the care of patients. This system (EHR) allows healthcare facilities to save and recover detailed information on patients that will be needed used by healthcare providers during hospitalizations and across care settings. EHR has become the new face of storing patient’s medical information which has replaced the old concept of paper documentation. It is believed that electronic health records can

With the presumption of health care technology would improve quality and safety of patient care, and in the long-term would also reduce cost, the American Recovery, and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) passed legislation to invest $24 billion for computerizing medical records. (Mason, Leavitt &Chaffee 2014). Though, government funds the initial investment on technology, maintaining (frequently updating software and hiring technologist) is the sheer responsibility of the healthcare organization. So it is not an easy task at all.

It is important to understand that using electronic health system helps physicians to provide a more accurate diagnosis which helps to reduce medical errors and incorrect diagnosis which make patients very happy knowing that physicians have their best interest at heart (Kudyba, 2010). In electronic health system, information is structured and well organized in a manner that helps to eliminate the time spent searching for information. Moreover, patients are very happy since electronic health system helps to provide privacy and security of patients’ information and data so as to eliminate the problem of leaving patients’ information unattended on papers so that unauthorized personnel can see and