(2013) Health LAW & Medical ETHICS for Healthcare Professionals. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. Freudenheim, Milt (2012).The Ups and Downs of Electronic Medical Records. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/health/the-ups-and-downs-of-electronic-medical-records-the-digital-doctor.html?pagewanted=all Hsieh, Paul (2014). Can you trust What's in Your Electronic Medical Record?
EPRs can be easily transferred between health care providers and is required by the government in order to receive payment of services billed. Pharmacies are able to receive physician’s orders directly and helps reduce duplicate testing and medical errors. Health Level Seven Health Level Seven (HL 7) is a messaging standard in the health information system. It is international group of healthcare members and specialists work together to manage the integration of electronic healthcare information. Its purpose is to establish standards to communicate patient information to others in the network.
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
Information System Briefing Jerusha Palmer UOP – Healthcare Information Systems HCS483 Lee Tompkins May 14, 2012 Information System Briefing Healthcare organizations are continually seeking to keep up with the advances technology has to offer in order to administer the best patient care there is. The need for an information system has greatly increased for the healthcare industry as a competitive advantage. This information system briefing will discuss the process of selecting and acquiring information systems, goals of the organization, and how stakeholders affect the selection process. Information system briefing is defined as any graphical or electronic form of communicating information (American Heritage Dictionary).
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
1. Question : (TCO 1) What impact did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 have on the adoption and use of health information technology and electronic health records in the United States? Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 provided comprehensive healthcare reform intended to improve healthcare access, contain healthcare costs, and improve healthcare delivery in the United States. In June of 2012, the Supreme Court upheld virtually all of the provisions of ACA in a case that questioned its constitutionality.
Unit 1 – Case Studies October 13, 2013 Terresa R. Netherton American InterContinental University Introduction Case Studies are an excellent way to understand how certain issues and changes can affect organizations. Case Studies are an excellent way to understand how certain issues and changes can affect organizations. Reviewed the case studies in session one will provide a better understanding of the role of information technology in today’s organizations and management techniques. Case Study #1 – Are Electronic Medical Records a Cure for Health Care? Identify and describe the problem in this case.
Electronic Medical Records Opinion Paper and Annotated Bibliography Electronic Medical Records and the potential mandated implementation of these types of systems across the nation pose many questions and potential obstacles for healthcare providers over the next decade. The discussion of my opinion and the affects on practices and hospitals across the United States is the basis for this research. It is important to preface my analysis with a background of my thought process prior to the research and my intentions are far as discussion of the topic. Therefore, before I began my research, I had a fairly strong belief of what I thought I would discover throughout the process, and my assumptions were confirmed over the course of the
“Is six sigma the answer for nursing to reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety?” Nursing Economics vol. 21, pp. 39-41. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449692, Accessed on February 10, 2013. Zhan, C., Friedman, B., Mosso, A.
This will drive health care organisations towards research and innovation and become benefit focused organisations that provide effective treatment methods. (Marcus, 2015). In the year of 2013 in Oshawa, Ontario together with other research partners (Figure 2), a research project led by UOIT called Artemis Project won the Ingenious Award by the ITAC. It is a cloud-based that can process and make sense of clinical data stream of more than 1,200 physiological readings on per second per patient within diverse locations and it can support the Patients’ Physiological data stream and clinical information system data acquisition and saving. It is currently deployed at SickKids (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) in