Communication Paper Susan Hall HCS/490 Oct. 10, 2011 Dr.Eboni Green Communication Paper One benefit to the patient with the use of electronic records is that it is effiencient. Electronic medical record is a new way of record keeping, it is the process of moving patient’s records from paper and someone putting the records up and moving them to a computer. Computers are able to store more information, which makes this better for the patient and the doctor, as well as the insurance companies Privacy rule is balanced that it permits disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other purposes that are important. The security rules are a series of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to cover entities
Furthermore, the development of Meaningful Use of EHRs provides a standard and modern approach to improve health information technology nationwide. Not only will the patient population receive improve quality of care, but transparency approaches lead to better accountability in care. Communication between healthcare providers and healthcare organizations will be more effective. Patients and families will have more access to their information and be in a better position to participate in decisions regarding their healthcare. The vision of the HITECH Act is to develop and implement tools to transform the nation’s health care system, which will ensure
Many offices and facilities are going or have gone paperless. The use of electronic medical records is getting more popular. Medical knowledge affects the patient-doctor relationship by there being a proliferation of treatment choices and protocols. Better scientific understanding of many medical problems has encouraged attempts to standardize methods for diagnosis and treatment (page 184). Accreditation affects this relationship by the provider organizations seeking it in order to prove that they meet the standards of legitimate and appropriate medical practice, which can be vital for receiving reimbursement and contracts from insurance companies which is helpful to the patient and the
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
Organizational Plan – Part I Jose Garza HCS/587 September 9th, 2012 Pamela Hobbs Organizational Plan – Part I Organizations in the health care industry must adapt to the external changes occurring if they plan to be successful. For decades, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) remains one of the top hospitals on the Central Coast because its practices, but recent changes within Monterey County require the organization to make some changes. The biggest of these changes involves switching from paper charting to electronic medical records (EMR). An increase in the number of patients seen in the hospital emergency room daily is one of the primary reasons influencing this change. The first
Based on the information presented in this paper, EHRs can be beneficial to the healthcare industry by saving money and reducing errors but also can benefit the patient by having the doctors and hospitals they go to be more efficient, convenient, and allows the caregiver to spend more time with the patient instead of updating paperwork. With the ease of new software in development, healthcare facilities will train properly and quickly so they are not losing focus on the patient. Cost may be a major factor now why the healthcare industry has not already embraced this technology but that will soon change with the new incentive programs coming in the near future. By 2014, these incentives will be in place and the healthcare industry will grow in the 21st
This complex new system has ways of looking up patient history and pharmaceutical information if a drug is not known. Physician orders were now legible and properly sent with the new computerized physician order entry (CPOE). There were issues with the start of the system to locate beds that patients were listed in and how to get labs done from the Lab tech being paged through a paging system. Patient Access Reps, Doctors, and Nurses were now able to use “work station on wheels” (WOW) where portable laptops were used to triage and register a patient rather than the use of
AHIMA believes that hospitals and providers must improve clinical documentation in preparation for the expanded scope of clinical data beyond a single patient encounter to a comprehensive data set comprising the entire continuum of care (www.ahimafoundation.org, 2014). With the use of EHR’s in hospitals and clinics worldwide, improved clinical documentation is possible. The use of electronic health records in the private sector has been widely recognized as an efficient way to improve the provision of health care and enable health care providers to access and share
Difference between an RN and an LPN Many people who are interested in nursing as a career confuse the duties of an LPN and an RN. Both fulfill vital roles in the health care industry and are a part of the largest, fastest, and steadily growing career sectors. While LPNs and RNs both work closely with doctors and patients, there are a few things that separate the titles. The main differences are education, duties and salaries. One of the main differences between an LPN and an RN is the amount of education required to be certified in each field of expertise.
The purposes of electronic medical records are for assisting professionals in the healthcare to store and share patient information across disciplines as well as across facilities. Electronic Medical Records are used by “professionals including different levels of providers because they can be assessed from different locations simultaneously, diagnostic images can be viewed from various locations allowing for continuous of care use electronic Medical Records in the health care systems. Electronically stored client records provide quick access to clinical data for a large number of clients and it has prompts to ensure that key information is noted as well as reminders of when labs and vaccines are needed.” (Hebda & Czar, 2013, p. 28). Electronic Medical Records “enable nurses in their varying roles across the continuum of care to create a single narrative for each patient, tracking progress from admission through discharge and within ongoing care in the ambulatory environment.” (Deese & Stein, 2004, p.337) Deese, D., & Stein, M.