The relevance of electronic health records (EHRs) cannot be overstated when it comes to the enhancement of better and safer care for patients. This is more so the case given that they enable quick access to the records of patients, as well as enhance the safe and secure sharing of medical data. However, it is important to note that the efficient implementation of EHRs could be hindered by a number of challenges. It would be prudent to highlight some of the said challenges, based on my experiences with implementing EHRs, and to develop… Continue Reading...
patients and care providers. Examples of HIT include electronic health records, personal health records, e-prescribing, and online communities. HIT allows information to be communicated, stored and shared among people in the industry, whether they are patients providing care givers with access to information or care givers sharing information with other care givers. HIT allows and enables the easy transfer of medical and health information in a way that substantially and significantly reduces the amount of time and energy that would conventionally be spent in transferring, recording, storing or sharing information.
HIT can impact all aspects of health care… Continue Reading...
of technologies includes remote and mobile health technology, cloud-based services, medical devices, telemonitoring tools, sensor technologies, and electronic health records (EHR’s) (Hemmat, Ayatollahi, Maleki, and Safhafi, 2017). The use of technology in many different types of healthcare settings is already in daily practice. However, in the future, the use and types of technologies used in the healthcare setting are expected to expand exponentially. Countries continue to make extensive investment in the area of technology development for the healthcare industry (Hemmat, Ayatollahi, Maleki, and Safhafi, 2017). This suggests that there is considerable interest in the development of technology in the healthcare industry in the near and long-term future.… Continue Reading...
a field that still often struggled with the concept of electronic health records directly from the 20th century to the 22nd.
Introduction and Major Technologies
There are several major information technologies that will transform healthcare over the course of the coming years. In laying out a plan for the next decade, it is important to understand not the individual technologies so much as the broad trends. The shape and direction of these trends informs us as to the potential developments in the future. We can already imagine what some of these developments will look like – they range from modest… Continue Reading...
Medicaid and Medicare. The mere implementation of electronic health record systems (EHRs) wasn’t enough (Freedman, 2009). To become eligible for monetary incentives, the Act mandated healthcare organizations and practitioners’ demonstration of efficient certified technology use, engagement in information interchange, and reporting on care quality measures indicated by the HHS (Health and Human Services) Departmental Secretary. The aforementioned “meaningful use” principles are detailed under the Medicaid and Medicare EHR Incentive initiatives under CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid).
More than Meaningful Use
Meaningful use constitutes a key health information technology project driver as it impacts all players in… Continue Reading...
for the condition. The information is documented in the electronic health records for easy retrieval and analysis by other members of the healthcare team. Based on the organization’s rules and policies, medication selection process should be based on clinical evidence, patient characteristics, cost-effectiveness, and best practice.
The second stage in the process is ordering/prescribing, which entails creating a medication order that incorporates the specific medicine for the patient and dosing recommendations depending on the patient and his/her clinical condition (Hughes & Blegen, 2008). This is carried out by a physician or nurse using electronic health records, which are utilized… Continue Reading...
EHR System
Implementation Process of the EHR Change
In recent time, electronic health records (EHRs) have been carried out by a progressively greater number of hospitals across the globe. At the present moment, the small rural hospital will largely benefit from the implementation of EHRs. The following are the steps that could be undertaken in the implementation process of EHR for the hospital:
1. The first phase would encompass delineating all of the tasks and practices necessitated to be carried out by the physicians, IT staff, as well as practice managers. The fundamental tasks in this phase comprise of scheduling the… Continue Reading...
leader can do to ensure that the rollout of the new electronic health record system is successful.
Overview
Those who do this for a living have a pretty good overview of how to overcome resistance. While not specific to the nursing setting, Day (2016) rightly points out that leadership needs to be able to highlight the value of the new technology up front, in order to overcome resistance based on \"why is this needed.\" Once there is some understanding that the change is needed, it will be a little bit easier – though not necessarily problem-free – to roll out the… Continue Reading...
ONC is seen as a close associate to the nationwide push to have electronic health records to the patients in different hospitals all with the aim of curbing errors in the medical field and to do away with paper records.
The mission of the ONC is wide in scope and aimed at meeting the demands of HIT and includes coordination of policies, establishing governance for the eHealth Exchange, strategic planning for the adoption of the health IT as well as health information exchange and of utmost importance for ONC is promoting a national health IT infrastructure. The ultimate desired effect of ONC trough… Continue Reading...
