Phase4HInfo Name: Institution: Electronic health records have become a better means of recording patients’ information. However, in most cases the transition from paper records to electronic health records is not easy. There are advantages as well as disadvantages of electronic recording. Advantages include: It is cost saving: many costs are averted due to efficiencies by having patients’ records electronically. These include increased utilization of tests, reduction in the staff resources devoted to patients management reduced costs relating to supplies needed to maintain paper files, decreased transcription costs, and the costs relating to chart pull.
Although it is not as common to start implementation with the front office, beginning a rollout with clinical applications would send a positive message to physicians that the new system was integral to the organizations core strategy rather than just an administrative exercise. 2. Plan a controlled and staggered rollout in the clinics, but have aggressive goals to quickly move implementation to the hospitals, and then to the back office. SHC is a collaborative institution that tends to work on a
I agree with the reductions in costs, even in a medical error. I liked the way they conducted the research and how they handled their findings, yet when they found that EMRs did not really prevent medical errors and to not increase patient safety, I had to disagree. If an EMR is correctly formatted and records are kept precisely and consistently, then the safety of a patient would have to increase. EMRs keep track of medication allergies, mental disorders, chronic illnesses, current and pat medications and procedures, all this would be a tool to correctly prescribe, treat and care for a patient, reducing medical errors just by having knowledge of their
Clients are much more mobile than in the past, which increases their demands of hospital standards. Hospitals have to respond with improvements in quality, cost efficiency, ability to shorten the health care process and utilize medical facilities and human resources more effectively to remain competitive. "The aim of a value chain framework is to maximize value creation while minimizing costs" (www.wikipedia.org). Hospitals are looking for creative ways to remain competitive and differentiate themselves from the others. An example of a value chain activity would be the hospital you work for bringing on an expert cardiac surgeon, revamping and updating the cardiac unit to a state of the art facility, then marketing the hospital as a center of cardiac excellence.
Trinity is looking to add a new orthopedic building and analyzing the advantages can help with getting to the most accurate decision. The advantages for adding a new building space for a new orthopedic service line are as follows; Currently Trinity Community Hospital can build on their own property and have control over every aspect of the construction, including adding parts that will involve the community. The cost of the new building will be $600,000 if built on their campus. Building a new facility will attract new doctors, new donors, and new employees due to the fact that people like new. Recruiting doctors can sometimes be difficult and this would be an advantage for Trinity Community Hospital.
This would enable a better understanding of the impact of technology on health and how to extrapolate these best practices to the entire nation home health care service system. VNSNY could use its financial performance and risk mitigation strength as a leverage to continue to innovate in home health care system, and attract not only private sector investors but also state and federal funds. * Larry Whiteside Jr., Chief Information Security Officer of VNSNY has said that “Time is a precious commodity and it is something that you can never get back.” He added that the information system used add time back in his day. There is a leading role for VNSNY to take in the use of technology such as taking digital photos of wounds to email to doctors and using Tele Health monitors to continuously keep track of patients’ vital signs. And once that lead is taken no other organization will be able to compete VNSNY in the home healthcare sector, and that skill will be able to be marketable nationwide.
The Globalisation of Health Care Case Questions: a) A decade ago the idea that medical procedures might move offshore was unthinkable. Today it is a reality. What trends have facilitated this process? Technological advancement has made outsourcing of medical work possible in recent years. The Internet most particularly makes it possible to quickly transmit large amounts of data to countries such as India where the information can be processed and returned.
Such as a development for newer surgical methods and devices that will be used to assist the surgeons this is something that will certainly increase cost within the health care system. Although, technology advances has been a wonderful thing in the health care system, the cost that is attached to these new and improved technology is very high. Next we will look at health insurance even though it is not at all possible to accurately measure the impact of new technology on the total health care spending, it is important for innovation to continue. The main factors that will impact medical spending are things like insurance cost,
Offices such as this strive to prevent the devastating impact health care absenteeism creates. With a focus on preventative measures, such as family planning services and health screenings, the financial and other burdens disease and poor health create for the patient, family, and region are lessened (NCPP, 2009). While many of the patients that were treated had multiple comorbidities, the clinic staff strives to overcome costly and perhaps deadly complications by providing services, including educating clients, at little to no cost to minimize economic strain and maximize health benefits. Because of an increase in the lack of insurance availabilities to this population, clinics such as this will have a positive impact not just for those it serves directly, but to the region as a whole. This was evident at my day at the clinic by being able to participate, learn, and synthesize what a positive impact services like this provide for so many that are in need.
A number of hospitals have formed partnerships or open their own care clinics to address this need. The use of electron medical records (EMR) has helped in this process. The use of retail clinics and EMR as part of a system network will help address the concern with continuation of care. The extension of teleconferencing to include a network that provide access from home will have the effect of giving care to more people and encouraging retired doctors to become part of the system which will open up more access. The use of genetic testing for the administration of drugs will be one of the largest cost saving disruptive innovations.