Benefits and Challenges of New Age Healthcare Record Keeping Britannia Smith Walden University Benefits and Challenges of New Age Healthcare Record Keeping After completing reading materials and research information my beliefs and support of an electronic health record system (EHRs) is further strengthened. This support includes the use of personal health records (PHR) and electronic medical records (EMR) to provide quality care. There are many similarities with each of these systems and a few differences, but it is clear to me that all of these combined are the future of organized and efficient patient record keeping at its best (Englebardt & Nelson, 2002). Electronic Health Record (EHR) Electronic health record (EHR) is an integration of personal and medical records from multiple sources which allows for improve care and outcome (Thomas, 2009). It is composed of multiple sources that aid in decision support to provide ongoing care.
Treatments and procedures can be very different depending on the situation, and the comparative effectiveness research system develops the most effective approach to every situation. There are many benefits of having a comparative effectiveness research system in today’s society. The two most important benefits of the comparative effectiveness system are the improvement in quality care and cost of healthcare. In a 2009 report by the Institute of Medicine, it was stated that, “comparative effectiveness research provides an opportunity to improve the quality and outcomes of health care by providing more and better information to support decisions by the public, patients, caregivers, clinicians, purchasers and policy makers” (Jonas, 281). This system has demonstrated that expensive medical therapies don’t have to be used to treat patients.
Are Patients Safe James E. Scarbrough III Baker College of Cadillac Are Patients Safe Patient safety is an extremely valuable aspect in the health care. The definition of patient safety is an area focusing on reporting an error, analysis and prevention of medical errors that often lead to adverse patient outcomes. Prevention means keeping patients safe from errors rather than reacting to them. These standards in patient safety inspire the most challenging issues in the health care setting. Reviewing these standards annually and publishing them on The Joint Commission Website, it is a key component to improving health care (The Joint Commission, 2011).
A1. Quality improvement (QI) consists of systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups. An organizations current system is defined as “how things are done now”, health care performance is defined by an organization's efficiency and outcome of care, and level of patient satisfaction. Areas of focus for quality improvement include: focusing on the patient care and satisfaction, staff members working together as a team, and improving workflow/billing output. To make improvements, an organization needs to understand its own delivery system and key processes.
1.) Define each of four main areas of IT healthcare system applications. The four main areas of IT healthcare system applications are: • Clinical information systems • Administrative information systems • Decision support systems • Internet and e-health 2.) Summarize the impact of medical technology in each of the following areas and give examples: o Quality of care: : Quality of care is enhanced only when novel processes can avoid or postponement the inception of serious ailment, provide better analysis, making faster and additional comprehensive cures possible, intensification safety of medicinal treatment, minimalize disagreeable side effects, promote sooner recovery from operation, intensification life expectancy, and add to quality of life. o Quality of life: Quality of life indicates a patient’s overall approval with life throughout medical treatment.
For the palliative care patient, the goal is excellent symptom control with the least possible sedation, allowing continued patient/family interaction (LeGrand and Walsh, 2010). Symptom management should provide the expected outcome of alleviating the symptom and altering the patient’s shortness of breath. The patient needs to be continuously monitored and reassessed to allow persistent symptom relief. If the interventions are not controlling the dyspnea, palliative care efforts should be intensified to maximize symptom control (Levy et al., 2012). Otherwise, sedation may be required for intractable dyspnea.
Quality Management Assessment Summary HCS/451 Quality Management Assessment Summary The health field has many different parts that help make it run smooth; one important factor is quality management. Quality management in healthcare has evolved over the year to address increased demands from consumers related to the quality of care and services, as well as to address problems in patients’ outcomes (McLaughlin, & Kaluzny, 2006). Quality management is best described as a systematic and continuous process that organizations use to deliver products and services that meet or exceed customer expectations (McLaughlin, & Kaluzny, 2006). The following assessment will help in defining quality care, and mention key concepts of quality management that are used within a nursing facility. The following assessment will also help with making some short and long-term goals, and will also target any internal and external factors that may affect the nursing facility to reach any potential and set goals.
Quality Management Assessment Summary India Bell HCS/451 January 16, 2012 Dr. Dorothy Webb-Moody Quality Management Assessment Summary When concerning the healthcare field it is made up of different sections that make it work well, and one cause quality management. According to McLaughlin & Kaluzny “Quality management in healthcare has evolved over the year to address increased demand for consumers related to quality of care and services, as well as to address problems and patients outcomes.” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny, 2006) Quality management is best identified as a continuous and system process that companies use to present products and services that exceed or meet consumer expectations. The subsequent assessment will help in the outcome of quality care, and identify the key points of quality management that are utilized in nursing facility. The assessment will help with making short and long term goals, and will reference point any external and internal causes that affect the feeling in the nursing facility to achieve goals that are set. The U.S. Office of Technology Assessment stated “The broad definition of quality is the degree to which the process of care increases the amount of the outcome by the patient, and decrease the odds of the outcome, by giving the state medical awareness.” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny, 2006) The concentration of quality has developed in many ways for every organization that is in the world.
Because health psychology gives its emphasis to major approaches like the behavioural approach, the cognitive-behavioural, psychophysiological, clinical psychology, general systems theory approaches et al, these theories will always make a great positive impact on addressing human problem, because the main role of health psychology is to apply health psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the analysis and improvement of the health care system and health policy formation, the prevention of illness and disability and the enhancement of outcomes of those who are ill or disabled (APA Divison 38). Health Psychologist have been promoting health by running programmes and campaigns to help people achieve good health, i.e. making people stop smoking and reduce the amount of alcohol they consume, this used in applying the Antonovsky’s ( 1979) sense of coherence is a one theoretical concept. Healthy Psychologist have been able to apply
Extra Credit Assignment HSA 535 Dr. Paul Emeka March 24, 2014 Abstract This paper will focus on the views of epidemiology, it will give informative information on the content about health care, it will discuss views on changed and it discuss the best way to apply the principle of epidemiology. Health care services can be made to be responsive to the prevailing population conditions, such as diseases and deaths from certain conditions, and increases in the minority and elderly subgroups. Your views on the role of epidemiology. Include informative content about health care in general and public health in particular in actively and vigilantly addressing health concerns in the United States and abroad.