The use of technology has been effective in assisting to reduce health care costs for individuals because they are more closely monitored and are proactive in detecting complications before they become severe enough to require further treatment or hospitalization. Technology is a modern method to manage patient care in a safe and effective way, to help keep insurance costs down, and to assist health care organizations with financial management in difficult economic times. Technology currently plays a large role in health care, and the future is sure to hold many more changes and advancements to assist patient care and management. In the future, health care providers will find themselves using more methods of
John Providence Health System has many resources for patients. Sometimes patients want to explore other resources of care. Patients believe that once he or she can acquire more knowledge on certain conditions, the better educated him or her become. Although modern technology has allowed an enormous amount of online resources, people can explore the Internet and find solutions and answers to almost anything, including medical advice. St. John Providence website has many links in which patients and family members can find information on medical advice, medical procedures, and medical terminology.
PFCH would greatly benefit from the use of an ERP system developed for hospitals, such as McKesson ERP Solutions. Systems such as these, which are developed specifically for medical professionals, enable hospital workers to easily access, update, and distribute patient information. ERP systems take the data from all other applications and manages that data, resulting in a streamlined, easy to understand overview, known oftentimes as the dashboard. More detailed information is just as easily accessed by the system and displayed in a series of charts and graphs, as well as other tools used to assist healthcare providers in the diagnoses and treatment of patients. While ERP’s are not necessarily well-designed to handle big data, it is my recommendation that both be used parallel to one another for the most benefit.
The software works on Iphone’s and Ipad’s. MediTouch allows physicians to order prescriptions for patients while in the room as well as document the patient’s medical history. By doing this a patient has more timely turn arounds with patient visits and less chart management and paperwork between visits. MediTouch’s wireless management enables the staff to work with patients in a faster
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.
Page 3 Quality patient care can be advanced throughout the hospital by providing nurses with data such as the number of incidence of pressure ulcers and ways to prevent this from occurring, by providing education on restraints and when and when not to use them and how to use them correctly. Examining data outcomes can improve the quality of care by exploring the improvements that have been made through implemented changes. All in all, good patient care is common sense. Listen to the patient when they talk, they will tell you everything that they know, it is up to you to fill in the blanks. Look on the internet after your admit and research a person’s culture, it can prevent problems and embarrassment later as well as keeping the patient comfortable and safe.
Future Trends and Effects of EHR Angelene Sears HCIS/265 September 28, 2014 Lucinda Shipley Future Trends and Effects of EHR Electronic health records are enhancing patient overall health care across the country today. We have a system that allows doctors, hospitals, and all health care providers to communicate securely and warehouse patient records. So if you’re at home or in another state, get ill or wounded, the information about your medical state is available to medical providers attending you. Hospitals and physician that utilize digital systems see many benefits of EHR’s over paper records, and this exchange of health information means providing better quality of patient care. New technologies are continuously in advancement
On the surface, just being able to simply send the basic patient chart to another doctor in the practice, the front desk, the nearest hospital or even a specialist is an improvement on the current paper process (Source One). However, even more important than ease of use, is the ability of the EMR software to track patient systems across multiple providers in the same practice or across hospital in an entire integrated health network (Source Seven). The physicians would have the option to view other patient charts with similar patient symptoms to a patient they were currently treating in real-time, which would allow them to see what they were ultimately diagnosed with, potentially saving the life of the patient on the table. It could essentially cut out the ‘learning curve’ of that doctor, especially if it was a set of symptoms that they were not as familiar with (Source Sixteen). Further, the EMR software is capable of alerting the doctors to trends that are taking place across the health system, making them aware of current bugs that may be floating around the area, which can help with quicker, accurate treatment of diseases and illnesses (Source
Consumers are more interesting in the way technology has advanced with in the health care era. Patients are aware that all medical information is safely kept in a computer, but are concern of possible typos or errors that happens with the use of computers. On the flip side consumers understand that retrieving the health information can be done faster for test results and other important information that may usually take weeks to retrieve. Consumers now know it is easier for them to request refills on medication, and sent to the pharmacy quicker. Consumers realize medical providers are gaining a better way to manage the medical information, which will help improve the health care industry, and provide positive medical care.
Some examples of technological revolutionary applications in healthcare that allow us to make better decisions, are the use of computers and other electronic devices. Electronic devices make it easy for you, your doctor, and other health care providers such as, hospitals, labs, and X-ray facilities to store, share and access your health information in a fraction of the time that use to take, prior to the digital and electronic revolution. Health information technology can improve the quality of care by decreasing medical errors and assuring that all health care providers have accurate and timely information. With more accurate information and access, consumers have the opportunity to view all their information, analyze and discus treatments with physicians, even from the convenience of their own home. Patients can also have multiple opinions on diagnosis and treatment, by simply forwarding their medical files to other providers, without the need of additional expensive test; therefore, giving patients around the globe the opportunity to obtain the best informed care.