Discussion: Electronic Health Records
Discussion: Electronic Health Records
1. Electronic health records (EHRs) are easier to read than the paper charts of the past, but many complain that healthcare providers are focusing too much on the computer screen instead of the patient. o Is this due to lack of skill or training, poor computer system design, or just the nature of computer charting? o Is patient care suffering from the implementation of EHRs? o Charting in an EHR consist of clicking boxes, do you feel this provides enough detail about the patient, condition, and events if there was a law suit? 2. Hebda, Hunter and Czar (2019) identify three types of data that is currently being tracked by organizations (p. 46). o Identify and explain another type of data, specific to your practice, that is being tracked by an organization. o Why do you feel this data is important to track? o Identify and discuss the organization that is tracking the data. o Are there any ethical concerns with an outside organization tracking this data, explain and give examples? 3. In this week’s discussion post, you identified and explain the topic selected for the project. o Provide a description of your selected topic based on input from the discussion forum. What is your project, why is it relevant to this class, and why is it important to you? o Identify an informatics/healthcare theory from pages 29-30 of the textbook that aligns with the project and explain why. Assignment Expectations:
An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically-stored health information in a digital format.[1] These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared through network-connected, enterprise-wide information systems or other information networks and exchanges. EHRs may include a range of data, including demographics, medical history, medication and allergies, immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs, personal statistics like age and weight, and billing information.[2]
A decade ago, electronic health records (EHRs) were touted as key to increasing of quality care. Today, providers are using data from patient records to improve quality outcomes through their care management programs. Combining multiple types of clinical data from the system’s health records has helped clinicians identify and stratify chronically ill patients. EHR can improve quality care by using the data and analytics to prevent hospitalizations among high-risk patients. Discussion: Electronic Health Records
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EHR systems are designed to store data accurately and to capture the state of a patient across time. It eliminates the need to track down a patient’s previous paper medical records and assists in ensuring data is accurate and legible. It can reduce risk of data replication as there is only one modifiable file, which means the file is more likely up to date, and decreases risk of lost paperwork. Due to the digital information being searchable and in a single file, EMRs (electronic medical record) are more effective when extracting medical data for the examination of possible trends and long term changes in a patient. Population-based studies of medical records may also be facilitated by the widespread adoption of EHRs and EMRs. Discussion: Electronic Health Records
