1.0 Case and Disease Management System
Case and Disease Management is the procedure of assessing information and coordinating a plethora of options available for a patient, in order to treat and meet the needs of the patient. They are two separate systems which intertwine together.
A major problem in Case and Disease management systems is the amount of misinformation one may receive. A Doctor may find it difficult to diagnose a patient accurately if both systems are showing two different pieces of information. Situations like these cause problems and can indirectly cause a patient to have increased complications as there is a lot of inconsistent information being circled around. Misdiagnoses are quite common, as information systems are not
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The current systems set in place, whilst fulfilling their functions (diagnosing a patient, tracking treatments, and storing information) can prove unreliable at times, and for that reason it can be dangerous to keep using them.
(Lewis 1992) In the rich picture above, the purpose of the diagram was to propose a conceptual understanding of the new system that is being implemented, as well as the parties that will be affected by the new system. (Lewis 1992)
As you can see, a large amount of different parties would be involved on the issue; one common problem with a large group of stake holders is that it is hard to please everyone. In order for these stakeholders to be influenced and interested, you will have to propose a system which provides as much value for the stakeholders, as well as being innovative, successful and sustainable. All of these points are highly desirable and sought after by stakeholders.
The Groups involved are the Users and Beneficiaries, Providers, Implementation Team and Influencers. Each of these groups has different types of people with different functions and involvement in the information system process. By viewing this information, you can gather that stakeholders are internal as well as external, and that all parties should be considered when taking on a
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Case and Disease managers should aim to work with all relevant stakeholders related to the project. If stakeholders such as Doctors, Pharmacists, Health care providers, and all relevant staff can collaborate together, the system will run much more efficiently as it will be up to date as well as supply accurate information. With the introduction of the new Information System, communication will be key, and Case and Disease Managers should aim to improve their skills by communicating with doctors and health providers alike.
Key Performance Indicators will be implemented to make sure that all services are being utilized at optimum performance. If data is shown that conflicts with the projects goals, the KPIs that would be will allow the user to pinpoint the problem and correct it. The KPI’s main objective is to track the needs that need to be met by the hospital as well as tracking patients that require urgent care.
Ways to improve involvement and communication could
Electronic health information systems prevent errors by involving everyone in a primary health care setting which mainly includes specialists office, emergency department to access the same
The world of healthcare changes every day. Technology, as we know it evolves and changes the actual care that patients receive and even post care as well. It has been determined that most faults are caused by system failures. When a break in the system has occurred it must then be decided where the,” inefficiencies, ineffective care and preventable errors” to then influence changes within the broken system (Hughes, 2008). Improvements sometimes can begin with measurements and benchmarks which in turn will allow organizations to assess the trouble spots and broken areas within the system. Many times those broken areas within the system will be owned by the humans who operate within these systems. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
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Errors caused by system problems can be prevented by working with your vendor to reset user preferences as needed. In order to preserve data quality and protect patient safety, it is very important that all medical records contain correct information for the safety and treatment of the patient. It is very important to note any cha...
Health Information Management (HIM) professional: Will expect that the healthcare providers are honest, accurate in their diagnoses, and the charges are legal, fair, and correspond to services rendered on the given day. All inaccuracies must be corrected as soon as discovered to inspire confidence in the HIM professional, the facility, and all the organization’s employees. All stakeholders depend upon the HIM professional to maintain the accuracy, privacy and security of the patient’s medical charts, and thereby secure the reputation of the facility and welfare of the patients.
Choosing a KPI as the desired organizational improvement for a capstone project is not a good idea. KPIs are used to measure how well an organization is performing; subsequently, they do not address strategic goals and objectives of an organization. KPIs present an overall picture of long ranged improvements based on a multi-cycle action project; consequently, they do not provide a plan of improvement that can be utilized immediately to solve a problem that can address the performance level of the organization.
The third step to a successful IR plan is identifying key performance indicators. (KPI) This can include the time to detection, reporting an incident, and investigation. The nature of the attack and the security tool used to spot the threat could also be labeled as KPI’s.
Our clinical knowledge is expanding. The researcher has first proposed the concept of electronic health record (EHR) to gather and analyze every clinical outcome. By late 1990s computer-based patient record (CPR) replaced with the term EHR (Wager et al., 2009). The process of implementing EHR occurs over a number of years. An electronic record of health-related information on individual conforms interoperability standards can create, manage and consult with the authorized health professionals (Wager et al., 2009). This information technology system electronically gather and store patient data, and supply that information as needed to the healthcare professionals, as well as a caregiver can also access, edit or input new information; this system function as a decision support tools to the health professionals. Every healthcare organization is increasingly aware of the importance of adopting EHR to improve the patient satisfaction, safety, and lowering the medical costs.
The financial impact of diagnostic and medical errors and misdiagnoses in medical systems was examined to determine how healthcare organizations (HCO) could become more efficient and cost effective. Various medical conditions that are commonly misdiagnosed were cross-analyzed, and the principles of the diagnosis related group (DRG) system were applied to evaluate the associated expenses of their errors. Ultimately, the concrete costs of misdiagnoses have not been thoroughly assessed. However, further investigation reveals there are approximately one million medical errors per year out of three million medical injuries, resulting in over a billion dollars worth in lost costs. Misdiagnoses of patients, lead not only to increased costs, but also increased
Stakeholder analysis is important for successful implementation of projects and/or strategic activities within any organisation. It is used to analyse the stakeholders in order to understand them and classify them according to their power, influence and interest. Stakeholders are people who have an interest in a commercial entity including those within the organisation and outside. These include the boss, senior executives, customers, suppliers, government, your co-workers, the team and others. All these people are important in the implementation and success of strategy.
A very common way of differentiate the various kinds of stakeholders is by identifying groups of people who have direct or indirect relationships with the organization. Friedman (2006) mentioned that there is a clear relationship between definitions of what stakeholders and identification of who are the stakeholders for organizations. The examples of main stakeholders in organization are Customers, Employees, Local communities, Suppliers and distributors, Shareholders. Other than those main stakeholders, the groups and individual like the media, public in general, Business partners, Future generations, NGOs or activists, competitors, government, policy maker and regulators are also considered as stakeholder.
Planning starts with agreement around the objectives of the dashboard and its scope. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) must be identified. They must matter to the primary users and be supported by the quantity and quality of data available. The involvement of the end user at the planning stage is hugely important. The difficulty of identifying useful KPIs and working with the supporting data should not be underestimated.
According to Parmenter (2011, p. 13), Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are a set of measures that assess the organisation performance on how effective the organisation achieve its objectives which are crucial for current and future success of the organisation. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) has been widely used by many organisations and for organisations to identify the right KPIs; it has to have a clear objectives and strategic directions that align with KPIs set.
These benefits are best discovered and maximized if used in conjunction with KPIs. A KPI is a key performance indicator and they allow a company to measure and manage ...
Health information is vital for the development of research as well as for tracing a patient’s history. It plays a pivotal role in improving health care safety, the quality of healthcare and overall patient outcomes (National Academy of Sciences, 2009). It becomes possible to not only reduce the propensity of medical errors but to also reduce medication that one needs.