Current Status of the Electronic Health Records in the United States
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For years now, the healthcare system in the United States have managed patient’s health records through paper charting, this has since changed for the better with the introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) system. This type of system has helped healthcare providers, hospitals and other ambulatory institutions extract data from a patient’s chart to help expedite clinical diagnosis and providing necessary care. Although this form of technology shows great promise, studies have shown that this system is just a foundation to the next evolution of health technology. The transformation of EMR to electronic heath record system (EHR) is the ultimate goal of the federal government. Adoption of Meaningful Use in Today’s Healthcare society The federal government has taken a stance to standardized care by creating incentive programs that are mandated under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009. This act encourages healthcare providers and healthcare institutions to adopt Meaningful use in order to receive incentives from Medicare and Medicaid. Meaningful use is the adoption of a certified health record system that acquires or obtains specified objectives about a patient. The objectives or measures are considered gold standard practices with the EHR system. Examples of the measures include data entry of vital signs, demographics, allergies, entering medical orders, providing patients with electronic copies of their records, and many more pertinent information regarding the patient (Friedman et al, 2013, p.1560). Studies by Jha et al. examined surveys completed by the 2010 American Hospital Association Annual Information Technology of 2902 hospitals’ readiness for Meanin... ... middle of paper ... ...several hours and providers were unable to document or extract data to or from their patient’s charts. The billing department also connection. This caused providers to temporarily document on paper until the server reestablished connection. References Friedman, D. J., Parrish, G., & Ross, D. A. (2013). Electronic Health Records and US Public Health: Current Realities and Future Promise. American Journal of Public Health, 103(9), 1560-1567 Hebda, T. & Czar, P. (2013). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals. (5th Edition). Upper Saddle River. : N.J: Pearson Education Jha, A. K., Burke, M. F., DesRoches, C., Joshi M. S., Kralovec P. D., Campbell E. G., & Buntin M. B. (2011). Progress Toward Meaningful Use: Hospitals’ Adoption of Electronic Health Records. The American Journal of Managed Care, 17, 117-123
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the healthcare system in the united states has managed patient's health records through paper charting, but electronic medical record (emr) system has helped healthcare providers, hospitals and other ambulatory institutions extract data from a patient’s chart to help expedite clinical diagnosis and provide necessary care.
- Explains that the electronic health system allows universal access to health records by all healthcare professionals providing care to a particular patient.
- Explains that the federal government encourages healthcare providers and healthcare institutions to adopt meaningful use in order to receive incentives from medicare and medicaid.
- Explains that the healthcare system in the united states has managed patient's health records through paper charting, but electronic medical record (emr) system has helped healthcare providers, hospitals and other ambulatory institutions extract data from a patient’s chart to help expedite clinical diagnosis and provide necessary care.
- Explains that the electronic health system allows universal access to health records by all healthcare professionals providing care to a particular patient.
- Explains that the federal government encourages healthcare providers and healthcare institutions to adopt meaningful use in order to receive incentives from medicare and medicaid.
- Explains that as patient records grow digital, so does the concern of patient's privacy and security of their health records.
- Explains friedman, parrish, and ross, d. a. (2013). electronic health records and us public health: current realities and future promise.
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- States that the hitech act of 2009 set aside $27 billion in incentives to be distributed over a ten-year period for hospitals and healthcare providers to adopt meaningful use of ehrs.
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- Argues that cms should examine quality reports from all physicians that began the mu incentive program in 2011 and compare their reports for 2011, 2012, and 2013. if quality declines from year to year, the meaningful use program should reconsider their core measures.
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1390 wordsRead More - Benefits And Barriers Of Electronic Health Recordsexplanatory essayIt enables healthcare organizations to monitor patient safely and care. According to IOM essential elements for an EHR are: the collection of longitudinal data on a person’s health, immediate electronic access to this information, establishment of a system that provides decision support to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, until 2015, offers incentives for physicians and other healthcare professions to adopt health IT. After that, the apt spells out penalties for noncompliance of health IT. The Office of Nation Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) is responsible for implementing the incentives and penalties program. The ONC has been working to create ‘meaningful use’ guidelines for physicians and others that will help them receive incentive payments and avoid penalties in the future” (Niles, 2015, page 261).
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- Explains the benefits and barriers of electronic health records. the national alliance for health information technology (nahit) defines the ehr as the electronic record of health-related information on an individual.
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- Explains the benefits and barriers of electronic health records. the national alliance for health information technology (nahit) defines the ehr as the electronic record of health-related information on an individual.
- Explains the benefits of ehr, including improved patient care, interdepartmental communications, and faster access to patient medical history.
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- Explains that the health information technology for economic and clinical health (hitech act), passed as part of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, has fostered significant progress in the adoption of electronic health records in various clinical settings.
- Opines that despite the $24 billion of federal spending allocated towards ehr adoption, the benefits haven't been fully realized. duplicate and unnecessary medical testing still presents a significant financial burden and, more importantly, less efficient and effective patient care
- Explains that the criteria set out for stage 1 meaningful use overlooked ehr vendors' lack of incentives or requirements to design their systems in such a way that makes them able to easily transfer patient data to other providers.
- Explains that the health information technology for economic and clinical health (hitech act), passed as part of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, has fostered significant progress in the adoption of electronic health records in various clinical settings.
- Opines that despite the $24 billion of federal spending allocated towards ehr adoption, the benefits haven't been fully realized. duplicate and unnecessary medical testing still presents a significant financial burden and, more importantly, less efficient and effective patient care
- Explains that the criteria set out for stage 1 meaningful use overlooked ehr vendors' lack of incentives or requirements to design their systems in such a way that makes them able to easily transfer patient data to other providers.
- Opines that a seamless transfer of patient data between hospitals, physicians and pharmacies from expanding current ehr systems to become interoperable would lead to savings in money, time, and most importantly, better patient outcomes.
- Explains that the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) have proposed using financial incentives for providers to adopt ehr systems and utilize them in such a way that renders them "meaningful users."
- Explains that the office of the national coordinator for health information technology (onc) has proposed and allocated about $550 million to 56 states and territories through the state hie cooperative agreement program in march 2010.
- Explains that while cms's stage 2 meaningful use criteria and the onc’s funding of the state hie cooperative agreement program may be viable solutions for combating the lack of ehr interoperability, there are inevitably several challenges that must be considered in order to ensure that these solutions are successfully carried out.
- Explains that although most physicians may be prepared to attest to stage 2 meaningful use, several stakeholders may not, which may compromise their ability to fulfill all of the criteria and lead to medicare reimbursement penalties as a result of factors that they have no control over.
897 wordsRead More - Electronic Health Records: Annotated Bibliographyargumentative essayThis paper will identify the use of Electronic Health Records and how nursing plays an important role. Emerging in the early 2000’s, utilizing Electronic Health Records have quickly become a part of normal practice. An EHR could help prevent dangerous medical mistakes, decrease in medical costs, and an overall improvement in medical care. Patients are often taking multiple medications, forget to mention important procedures/diagnoses to providers, and at times fail to follow up with providers. Maintaining an EHR could help tack data, identify patients who are due for preventative screenings and visits, monitor VS, & improve overall quality of care in a practice. Nurse informaticists play an important role in the adaptation, utilization, and functionality of an EHR. The impact the EHR could have on a general population is invaluable; therefore, it needs special attention from a trained professional.
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- Explains that electronic health records have become a part of normal practice since the early 2000s. nurse informaticists play an important role in the adaptation, utilization, and functionality of an ehr.
- Concludes that using ehrs in its fullest capacity could greatly improve general population health in the us.
- States that the article was written by nurses with advanced degrees, and targets the entire medical industry. it describes the role of the informatics nurse as having the ability to give clinicians valuable tools to help provide superior quality medical care.
- Explains that electronic health records have become a part of normal practice since the early 2000s. nurse informaticists play an important role in the adaptation, utilization, and functionality of an ehr.
- Concludes that using ehrs in its fullest capacity could greatly improve general population health in the us.
- States that the article was written by nurses with advanced degrees, and targets the entire medical industry. it describes the role of the informatics nurse as having the ability to give clinicians valuable tools to help provide superior quality medical care.
- Analyzes how judy murphy's article discusses president bush initiating the use of ehrs and president obama encouraging the federal government to facilitate it.
- Explains the importance of nursing informatics in helping institutions achieve meaningful use in ehrs, making institutions eligible for reimbursement incentives.
- Recommends using shared electronic clinical records to maintain a continuum of quality medical care since most medical records are institutional or private practice based.
- Utilizes cihnal & medline through ebsco host, as well as proquest.
- Explains that electronic health records (ehr) have proven to have an impact on quality medical care, costs, and found a decrease in errors. nurse informaticists are an imperative entity when it comes to an ehr.
- Explains nursing care actions into the electronic health record. journal of nursing scholarship.
- Explains the importance of nursing documentation in achieving optimal patient care, including improving patient outcomes & collaborating with other healthcare providers. they used henderson's 14 fundamental needs as a framework for their research.
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