Will The Ehr Increase Clinical Utility By Providing The Patients With Easy Data Accessibility?

An EHR results from computer-based data collection. Physicians and other clinicians capture data at the point of care, with the ability to retrieve the data later for reporting and use in research or administrative decision

This can lead to more successful patient health outcomes. "The promise of fully realized EHRs is having a single record that includes all of a patient's health information: a record that is up to date, complete, and accurate" (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information, n.d.)

“… longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting”. Included in this information are patient demographics… reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician 's workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter, and related activities directly or indirectly via interface—including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.”(GAO, 2010)

Although the general population has concerns about who has the ability to access their medical records, data has been put into place showed that the general population knows that having an EHR would be beneficial (Thede, 2010). Research has suggested that patients, providers and insurance companies have benefited from EHRs because insurance companies do not have to pay for duplicate testing as well as patients and providers having the ability to increase the quality of care that is provider (Thede, 2010). Not to mention, the patients aren’t pained to have to remember every detail of the history when visiting various specialist (Thede, 2010). Moreover, EHR can increase medical staff efficiency and reduce errors, and keeping adverse drug events from happening (Bill to promote electronic health records proposed, 2008).

According to The Healthcare Information and Management Systems EHR is considered a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting( Kohli & Tan, 2016). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) describes EHR as an electronic version of a patient’s medical history, that is maintained by the provider over time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data relevant to that person’s care under a particular provider, including demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports (CMS.gov). The International

Points below reflects how Data from EHR will be driving these aspects towards better healthcare management at reduced cost: -

EHR’s to date, are effective enough to ensure a patient has records that are up to date and those different clinicians or physicians, who need to access the patient’s data, can do so with ease, but improvements can still be made to make these systems more effective.

EHR has enormous effect on the modernization of the healthcare field. It is a continuing electronic record of patient medical information created by one or more persons in any healthcare delivery system (Huston, 2013). Encompassed in this data are patient’s vital signs, statistics, and health issues, also include progress notes, past surgical or medical record, treatments, vaccinations record, radiology reports, and laboratory tests result (Eisenberg et al., 2013). The EHR has the

According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the use of EHR/EMR is implemented in the hope to “Improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care while reducing disparities, engage patients and families in their care, promote public and population health, improve care coordination, promote the privacy and security of patient information.”

Electronic Health Records are a huge growing trend in todays modern healthcare industry. It has grown rapidly and continues to do so in a way that it has helped the health industry progress to a much better, sufficient way in handling patients health records. What electronic health records(EHR) are is information gathered from a patient from their past consultations and put into an electronic file that holds any and all information like past prescriptions, progress notes, any immunizations, etc. This helps automate the clinical flow work and holds the ability to provide a full report of any encounter with a patient.

EHRs have evolved from its inception but still have a long ways to go to reach a level similar to what Hau envisions. In my experience speaking with physician and NP colleagues, ongoing criticisms about EHRs are that they are not intuitive, they get in the way of patient care, and there are too many steps, clicks, and menus to view to enter a simple order. Building upon the Ash et al. study mentioned earlier, Campbell and colleagues found “79 unintended consequences” of using CPOE leading to some of the notable categories such as, “more/new work for clinicians, unfavorable workflow issues and overdependence on the technology” (Campbell, Sittig, Ash, Guappone, & Dykstra, 2006). Another study performed in the military using their EHR called AHLTA (Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application) identified specific EHR “time” and “mental” burdens using “cognitive task analysis” (Saitwal, Feng, Walji, Patel, & Zhang, 2010). Perhaps if EHRs were as developed and intuitive as the Apple iPhone, grievances and encumbrances would likely be reduced. However, the industry is just not there yet so currently training for the end user is of utmost importance. Even though the focus is on the patient, it’s the provider who is in the driver’s seat and must be aware, knowledgeable, and competent with the EHR

The National Alliance of Health Information Technology defines the EHR as “an electronic health record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed an consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization” (Hebda & Czar, 2013). The goal is to create a health record that is capable of following an individual throughout their life. The availability of the record would aide to continuity of patient information along the health

For years now, the healthcare system in the United States have managed patient’s health records through paper charting, this has since changed for the better with the introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) system. This type of system has helped healthcare providers, hospitals and other ambulatory institutions extract data from a patient’s chart to help expedite clinical diagnosis and providing necessary care. Although this form of technology shows great promise, studies have shown that this system is just a foundation to the next evolution of health technology. The transformation of EMR to electronic heath record system (EHR) is the ultimate goal of the federal government.

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The quality of healthcare diagnostics and treatment heavily relies on information about the patient’s condition. EHRs