Healthcare Informatics Research Paper

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The Future Trends of Healthcare Informatics Lena O. Griffin A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for NUR 621: Informatics in Nursing Education and Introduction to Professional Writing Joseph and Nancy Fail School of Nursing William Carey University Fall 2014 Introduction According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, health informatics (healthcare informatics) is a multidisciplinary team studying the formation, progression, and implementation of Information Technology (IT), focused on improvements in healthcare services delivery, management,…show more content…
Some reported disadvantages are EHRs can be costly to implement. They can make a patient feel depersonalized. The time spent on the computers takes time away from the patients. There are too many types of EHRs and not all are able to communicate with each other. Medical records contain information about a patient's health and medical treatment history, leaving room for the possible violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, (HIPAA) (Ellis-Christensen,…show more content…
It stated that LTC facilities with EHRs will have a new competitive edge. This edge will help the LTC facilities communicate data with local acute care sites (Tabar, 2013). As our population ages the number of people seeking LTC facilities after an acute hospital stay has increased. Chronic diseases, which affect older adults disproportionately, contribute to disability; diminish quality of life and increased health and long-term care costs (Hall, 2013). The implementation of EHRs in LTC facilities or home health can manage patients care to promote improvements in the patients outcome and possible help decrease medical cost. In this forever changing healthcare industry, which stresses continuity of care, the movement to push for EHRs in LTC facilities is necessary. Review of another study stressed that the healthcare team is vital in the implementing of EHRs. The healthcare team approach is vital to the success of the EHRs and vice versa. If done effectively, care coordination puts patients at the center of the care process, encouraging, engaging as well as responsibility. It also fosters the team approach, and ensures continuity of care across time and setting (Pope,
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