Technology in the Medical Field

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 will have a positive effect on patient safety and outcomes. It will provide many resources to allow patients easier access to insurance for health care costs and preventive care such as cancer screenings and vaccines. It will give incentives to health care facilities to improve the care being given. It also is mandated healthcare facilities to use electronic health record systems to keep track of all patient information to minimize errors. The legislation will increase federal loan money to nursing students to boost the number of high-skilled nurses going into the practice.

Electronic Health Record Business Case Research Analysis Healthcare is a prevailing topic of today’s conversation. People want and need better access to care. Electronic Health Reports provide access to better care because their implementation and use is considered to be of greatest importance for reducing medical errors and improving the quality of service that patients receive (Song et al. 2011). The traditional paper-based record keeping system will be a thing of the past as the US healthcare delivery system makes a shift to electronic record keeping.

Benefits and drawbacks of electronic health record systems. Risk Management Healthcare Policy. 4: 47–55 doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S12985. Rao, S.R., DesRoches, C.M., Donelan, K., Campbell, E.G., Miralles, P.D. (2011) Electronic health records in small physician practices: Availability, use, and perceived benefits.

The benefits of an effective electronic medical record make it necessary for organizations to overcome these barriers to implement effective electronic medical records that do encourage meaningful use of these systems. One of the reasons for the inconsistent acceptanc... ... middle of paper ... ...onic medical record provided to nurses. Some of those benefits include improved collection of medical information, improved collaboration between all members of the clinical care team and improved patient care through more accurate medication management and more accurate diagnostics. Groves, N. (2010). EMR debate presents benefits.

Strengthening public health and primary care collaboration through electronic health records. American Journal of Public Health, 102(11), 13-18. Friedman, D.J., Parrish, R.G., & Ross, D.A. (2013, September). Electronic health records and US public health: Current realities and future promise.

The Joint Commission: National Patient Safety Goals for Medicare Based Long Term Care The Joint Commission is a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the Healthcare system. They do this by regulating and evaluating health care organizations, helping them improve and give a more effective and safe care (The Joint Commission, 2012). The National Patient safety goals are ways in which the joint commission strives to improve the way health care is provided (The Joint Commission, 2012). Effective on January 1, 2012, the Joint commission came up with new ways to improve the Care of Medicare Based Long term Care facilities and provided Safety regulations to be followed. In order to better understand the impact that this regulations have in the healthcare, it is necessary to identify and describe the purpose of each regulation, and emphasize on the impact that falls in particular, can have among the geriatric patients.

The health information networks factor into the enhancement of the patient-centered management system, in that they help with the implementation of the Electronic health record. The HITECH Act for example allocated “18 billion through the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement systems as incentives for hospitals and physicians who are meaningful users of EHR systems”(About the HITECH, n.d.). This is a beneficial way to promote the use of electronic health records and have them become universally utilized across the nation. NHIN is also an excellent network that is more widespread and contains policies as well as standards that help with the safe trade of data. NHIN is the biggest network that all other health information networks hope to achieve.

Ultimately patient engagement technology is clearing communication pathways and helping improvement long term health and status of patients in a multitude of ways! The first benefit noted with patient engagement technology is the ability to give and encourage preventative care. Large Hospitals

One of the practices is the hourly rounding protocol. Hourly rounding is a pro active approach has garnered positive results; its focus on patient centered care as led to notably improved satisfaction scores (Ford 2010). Organizations began to implement the hourly rounding after a study which included 14 United States Hospitals. Results of the Meade, Bursell and Ketelsen (2006) inspired Lehigh Valley to implement hourly rounding into their care givers daily routine. The national study indicated a direct impact to patient safety and satisfaction as a result of a focus on hourly rounding (Meade, Bursell, & Ketelsen, 2006).

Additional ethical standards and practices for government personnel that can be applied to health care managers are in the C... ... middle of paper ... ...f Technology website. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://ethics.iit.edu/indexOfCodes.php?cat_id=31. Coalition of National Health Education Organizations. (2010). Health Education Code of Ethics.