INTRODUCTION Many countries have established national initiatives to implement integrated medical information system to improve nation’s healthcare system and to ensure patients with quality and efficiency of health care services, and Malaysia is no exception. According to Ching et al (2012) the rapid changes in the medical environment have greatly accelerated and increased hospitals’ demand for the quality and quantity of information processing. In Malaysia currently, the Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has announced that the government hospitals nationwide will be able to serve patients faster by 2015 when medical records are accessible online. The Health Ministry of Malaysia declares that multi-million ringgit have been allocated annually for computerization programme to create an electronic records database of all patients by converting hardcopy records. According to Liow in Local Pharmacy News (2011) by implementing the electronic medical records the Malaysian government hospitals can share the information thereby speeding up medical services and patients will have shorter waiting time and faster diagnosis of illness as the nation’s healthcare system and medical data of both outpatients and inpatients are computerized. At the first phase of computerizing medical records, it is expecting that at least 20 Malaysian government hospitals would able independently retrieved their records. In fact, the first phase of the project is expecting to be completed by 2015 and the computerization will covered major hospitals in the states and followed by smaller hospitals and clinics. Therefore, when all the 20 Malaysian government hospitals have completed digitalizing medical records, the Health Ministry will set up the onlin... ... middle of paper ... ...some of these hospitals already have full implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and other others have partial implementation. This variety and diversification of choosing different hospitals add to the stability of the sample. All of the following hospitals are located in different places in Selangor that cover all parts of Selangor; will be targeted in the questionnaire. In every 20 Malaysian government hospitals listed, the quantitative data were administered in person. Rusnah (2006) argue that this had several advantages, enriching the data obtained from the questionnaires by give the instructions on how to fill in the questionnaires were provided and clarification of ambiguous terms and response to any queries by the respondents were dealt with instantly. As the result, the researcher can ensure the rate of return to the maximum possible extent.
Over the last several years, electronic medical records are becoming more prominent in health care facilities, replacing traditional written records. As many electronics are becoming more prevalent with the invention of numerous smartphones and tablet devices, it seems that making medical records available electronically would be appropriate for the evolving times. Even though they have been in use to some extent for many years, the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has brought paperless documentation into the spotlight” (Eisenberg, 2010, p. 8). The systems of electronic medical records mainly consist of clinical note taking, prescription and medication documentation,
Studies by Jha et al. examined surveys completed by the 2010 American Hospital Association Annual Information Technology of 2902 hospitals’ readiness for Meanin...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how Electronic Medical Records (EMR), affects healthcare delivery. I will discuss the positives and negatives this issue has on healthcare and how it effects the cost and quality for healthcare services. In addition, I will identify any potential trade-offs to cost or quality. Lastly, I will discuss how the EMR affects my job as well as any challenges or opportunities this issue presents.
The transformation of paper based health record to electronic health record is not an easy step for any providers or organizations but is a major step in the process of providing improved and efficient patient care. Every healthcare organization should have the vision of adopting EHR because it provides numerous benefits not only to providers but also to patient. It is the vision of every healthcare provider to offer the best health care possible. So implementation of EHR is a necessity.
This article addresses major aspects such as clinical trial, integrated decision support and guidance, inadequacy of paper record, and data entry. The reason that paper records are not a match for modern medicine is that they are not accessible buy multiple health professionals causing a delay in response to health care, confidentiality and security is a risk granted that anyone could physically change the record and it would become official. The author of this article predicted the basic electronic medical record features that are available today, back in 1999 and the features include integrated clinical workstations with the computational power that can assist with clinical matters, financial and administrative topics, research, and scholarly information. This report indicates that having electronic records can provide efficiency throughout the system of health care for instance the example presented in this article was the process of admission, discharge and transfer of a patient can be changed drastically due to it initially taking hours to going from in and out in minutes. This article will provide the foundation of EMR’s and how time for reform had come more than a decade ago and it’s time for reform once again. With the examples and strategic tactics provided, it is fairly simple to display the evolution of Electronic medical records from
The use of computer technology plays a vital role in society. The use of it alone has made different task easier, by reducing time management, effort, and overall cost in completing a particular task. With the widely vast growth of computer technology in every field of life; the health care services are experiencing an immerse digital progression by the adoption of electronic health record systems through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Hitech Act).
It is hoped that meaningful use will also bring an acceleration in medical data research. EHR’s are now being used to measure Physician’s quality of service in the workforce through the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). This program rewards by reimbursement to individuals who, through the EHR tracking, can prove they meet “care-quality measures.” The goal is to force the act of certifying EHR’s. Eventually, programs like PQRS will require certification, therefore anyone using these services must comply in order to maintain costumers/patients. In order to maintain efficiency and variety in the healthcare system, EHR systems need to be diverse. The full potential is reached when information can be shared through integration. This is known as Interoperability within the healthcare IT system. Because records and patient information can be so easily lost in transit or translation through either fax, mail, etc., Interoperability is one of the primary motivations for healthcare information technology or EHR
An electronic medical record (EMR) is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about a specific individual or a population. Electronic medical records were created to assist in delivering care in a medical facility, such as a hospital and/or doctor's office. Electronic medical records are a part of a local stand-alone health information system that allows storage, retrieval and modification of records. Because technology is a fast growing, ever changing, trend that is “the” way of life. Everyone from automobile and utility companies, clothing and fast food stores recycling and going green. Healthcare would be the ideal organization to jump on the bandwagon to go green, save trees and keep all of the patients healthcare providers linked as one. Recent discussions in reference to healthcare reform, Address Specific Populations’ Needs to Eliminate Health Disparities gave a rational stating, “Electronic health records to collect/analyze data on health disparities measures”. The use of technology can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to healthcare and reform.
The goal of electronic medical records is to make healthcare safer and increase efficiency by providing patients and providers with information to make informed decisions, encourage preventive care, and reduce errors and duplications. However, since EHRs was made a national priority the implementation has been complex and misunderstood.
Medical records serve many purposes. Immediate access for facilities to get current patient medical records in any place in the world is very important. As we probably all know the facilities which are responsible for keeping Medical Records are small doctor offices, hospitals or laboratories. Often the patient does not have chance where to heal, because the disease can surprise anyone at any time and place. That why right now more medical records are saving electronically, what can help for patient in every part of the world.
Despite promising quality and efficiency gains in healthcare, IT here is facing barriers of high cost and complexity of implementation. However, the IT development will have profound impact on how well these cha...
Did you ever think about how much time is spent on computers and the internet? It is estimated that the average adult will spend over five hours per day online or with digital media according to Emarketer.com. This is a significant amount; taking into consideration the internet has not always been this easily accessible. The world that we live in is slowly or quickly however you look at it: becoming technology based and it is shifting the way we live. With each day more and more people use social media, shop online, run businesses, take online classes, play games, the list is endless. The internet serves billions of people daily and it doesn’t stop there. Without technology and the internet, there would be no electronic health record. Therefore, is it important for hospitals and other institutions to adopt the electronic health record (EHR) system? Whichever happens, there are many debates about EHR’s and their purpose, and this paper is going to explain both the benefits and disadvantages of the EHR. Global users of the internet can then decide whether the EHR is beneficial or detrimental to our ever changing healthcare system and technology based living.
Currently there are over 400 hundred providers in the world of electronic medical records. (Selecting the Right EMR Vendor. 2006) And together the needs of any size clinic with a wide range of needs can be serviced. Anything ranging from outpatient/ inpatient care, primary care, mental health, chiropractic, therapy etc. there is a system out there that will address the needs.
41). It was around this time that healthcare organizations started to recognize the importance of tracking health information and setting standards to which each facility should adhere to; thus, accreditation organizations such as JCAHO (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) were born (Mervat, Grostick, & Hanken, 2014, p. 44). Fast forwarding a few decades, during the 1980s personal computers were more easily accessible and affordable, and the healthcare industry took the opportunity to begin integrating computers into the field, resulting in storing patient records in databases (Mervat, Grostick, & Hanken, 2014, p. 45). Throughout the 1990s, policy was updating and developing; healthcare workers recognized the need to protect patient privacy (Mervat, Grostick, & Hanken, 2014, p. 47). In 2010, healthcare information management set a goal to move toward a paperless health record (Mervat, Grostick, & Hanken, 2014, p. 47). Today, health information management is responsible for “EHRs and accompanying technology like health information exchange, computer-assisted coding, voice recognition software, and patient portals” (Dimick,
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.