The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) categorized three components of Meaningful Use. The first component was the use of certified electronic health records in a meaningful approach (CMS, 2012). An example of this component could be e-prescribing. E-prescribing helps make patients safer by reducing the risk of medical errors. The second component is the use of certified electronic health record technology.
In using CPOE for medications, orders are incorporated with patient information, such as other prescriptions and lab results, which can be automatically checked for potential errors or problems. This real-time cross-check improves optimal drug selection and reduces errors at the time of ordering. This is a safer and more effective way to order medications than using prescription pads or paper forms. It reduces the chance of selecting medications for which the patient has a known allergy, or drugs that are off-formulary for their health plan. Additionally, the medication information is updated in the patient’s medical record and easily available for follow-up visits.
Communication Paper Susan Hall HCS/490 Oct. 10, 2011 Dr.Eboni Green Communication Paper One benefit to the patient with the use of electronic records is that it is effiencient. Electronic medical record is a new way of record keeping, it is the process of moving patient’s records from paper and someone putting the records up and moving them to a computer. Computers are able to store more information, which makes this better for the patient and the doctor, as well as the insurance companies Privacy rule is balanced that it permits disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other purposes that are important. The security rules are a series of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to cover entities
The Electronic Medical Record, Dollars or Sense? Anne Wolfersberger Ball State University Abstract In recent history, it has become increasingly necessary, that facilities, especially inpatient acute care hospitals, implement an electronic medical record. Clinical information technology is recognized by champions of healthcare quality as a means to save lives, improve less than optimal care, and reduce costs (J Healthcare Finance 2004). There are several advantages to adopting the EMR, from reducing preventable adverse drug events to improving drug prescribing. On the patient side it has been shown that patient compliance with medication regimens as well as follow up appointments and preventative care greatly increase with the
The RFID is applicable to a small clinic as well as a large scale hospital. The tracking of the medical records through the RFID system is a revolution led by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. This is a unit with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. The Army wanted to improve their effectiveness in health-care delivery. So they researched the 3M Company and found that they had a solution to the problem that the military was having with keeping track of medical records.
By using nursing research, best practices can be implemented in order to improve patient outcomes. This paper takes a look at a phenomenon known as alarm fatigue and its serious impact on patient outcomes. Improving Patient Outcomes: What is the best practice to combat alarm fatigue? Introduction According to the FDA,
According to American College of Medical Quality (2010), risk management involves identifying conditions that might put patients or a healthcare organization at the danger of undesirable outcome. In addition, the practice involves putting in place measures of avoiding, preventing, and controlling the risks. Quality management in healthcare organization is useful in managing, reducing, and alleviating risks. Risk management is an essential component of making sure that patients are safe, and that the care they get does not endanger their health or wellbeing. Process improvement is a quality management concept that involves the identification of weak areas in order to come up with ways to improve processes at the medical facility.
In this paper I will discuss how the culture of a healthcare organization can improve hospital outcomes. Obama Care is a health care organization implemented through the democratic administration that helps individuals have a smoother medical experience by means of preventive care services, the Summary of Budgets Committee for nutritional benefits before and after a hospital stay, emergency room insurance acceptance with no turn away, pre existing condition and grandfathered insurance. Healthcare, 2012 show that the organizational design of Obama Care which consist of legislation to create health care, are a joint effort among the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury. This healthcare organization to benefit hospital outcomes is the government’s reconstruction of the private marketplace and makes access to all for health care without penalty for pre existing conditions. In fact, you may be
Electronic medical records “provide admitting staff, physicians, and other care giving and business professionals’ appropriate access to common patient data while maintaining privacy requirements” ("Benefits of EMR", 2003, figure 1). This system also gives timely decisions on medical treatments, and the tools to improve the process and experience for the patient. Another benefit of Electronic medical records is their ability to adapt to regulatory changes such as HIPPA and other regulatory and legislative tests with complete and organized information. There are a
Electronic Health Records raise new ethical concerns Danilo A. Ruiz-Cortes BIS/221 April 1, 2015 Prof. Jorge Berrios-Trinidad | University of Phoenix | Memo To: | Jorge Berrios-Trinidad | From: | Danilo A. Ruiz-Cortes | cc: | | Date: | March 31, 2015 | Re: | Electronic Health Records raise new ethical concerns | | | The development and implementation of Electronic Health Records programs plan to achieve the successful sharing of a patient’s information. Health conditions, previous tests, and treatments, are among the information shared in an Electronic Health Records program. And with these information physicians can achieve an accurate treatment for the patient. With the use of this sharing information technology