The healthcare industry is continuously changing and evolving. Technological advancements significantly contribute to these on going changes, allowing for the availability of comprehensive medical information to make health care more efficient and safer. The overall improvement of the quality of professional care given to the patient is the catalyst of EHR.
The purpose of this discussion board is to describe the Electronic Health Record (EHR), the six steps of EHR and how my facility implements them, to describe “meaningful use” and how my facilities status is obtaining it, and to further discuss the EHR’s and patient confidentiality.
Description of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
EHR mandate was created to improve the overall health care environment through multiple facets like, accessibility of patient health records to all facilities, allowing patients the capability to access their own records at any time, ameliorating the quality and convenience of care given to a patient, creating cost saving measures, engagement the patient and family to participate in their care, improve accuracy of medical diagnosis, and for the enhancement and efficiency of the overall outcome of the patients’ health (Madison & Staggers, 2011). In 2004, President George W. Bush, during the States of the Union Address, presented his outline of the EHR mandate technology plan. On April 27, 2007 the President issued Executive Order 13335 that established a position Of a National Coordinator within the Department of Health and Human Services to help execute and guide the President’s objective through updates and tracking the progress (2011). Measuring the goals and objectives for the EHR is crucial to ascertain whether or not an application was effective. …show more content…
There are two goals of the mandate, Patient-Focused Health and Population Health. Four methods working in conjunction to attain these two goals are as follows, Privacy and Security; which is applied by orchestrating the electronic exchange while protecting patient personal information. Collaborative Governance; establishes a collaborative effort between federal agencies and stakeholders to accomplish more than an individual sector would accomplish. Adoption; promotes implementation of EHR tools and adoption of technologies in order to receive personalized health care. And Interoperability; enables the movement and exchange of the electronic health information in support of the patients’ care and uses (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2013). The Affordable Care Act and the Obama Administration share the same goals by, providing health care for all Americans, reducing the cost of healthcare, and improving the overall quality of personal care. The Obama Administration has taken the approach to amalgamate Presidents Bush’s EHR through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Title XIII named; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). ARRA authorizes to use hundreds of billions of dollars to assist and market the adoption of EHR. Assuring the privacy and security of personal health information through revising and strengthening security regulations and expanding on federal enforcement tools (2011). ARRA further supports the Bush mandate by providing incentives and assistance programs towards healthcare professionals that have already adopted this mandate and are demonstrating to help improve the health care systems through “meaningful use” of EHR’s to enhance the general health of Americans (Silow-Carroll, Edwards, & Rodin, 2012, p. 2) Student’s facility’ Plan The facility in which I am employed uses multiple EHR systems. There is a primary EHR system that is used for inpatients and outpatients, and a specialty EHR system that is used in specific …show more content…
Furthermore, there are regular system audits; every system is auditable so a supervisor can look into any system at anytime. Security audits are run on the EHR system on a regular basis to identify a breach of HIPAA. And there is a compliance office to handle any complaints, issues, and breaches. The hospital also has eight policies that manage the employee’s behavior of the electronic protected health information.
Iv learned from written this paper how health information technology is transforming the patient health care system. That great strides were taken by our government to adapt in order to meet the complex health care demands. I had no idea how involved the EHR system is nor did I consider the billions and billions of dollars that has been spent in launching the system. I plan to further my education of the EHR system, fostering my interest through involvement of the informatics department of my
The purpose of this discussion board is to describe the Electronic Health Record (EHR), the six steps of EHR and how my facility implements them, to describe “meaningful use” and how my facilities status is obtaining it, and to further discuss the EHR’s and patient confidentiality.
Description of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
EHR mandate was created to improve the overall health care environment through multiple facets like, accessibility of patient health records to all facilities, allowing patients the capability to access their own records at any time, ameliorating the quality and convenience of care given to a patient, creating cost saving measures, engagement the patient and family to participate in their care, improve accuracy of medical diagnosis, and for the enhancement and efficiency of the overall outcome of the patients’ health (Madison & Staggers, 2011). In 2004, President George W. Bush, during the States of the Union Address, presented his outline of the EHR mandate technology plan. On April 27, 2007 the President issued Executive Order 13335 that established a position Of a National Coordinator within the Department of Health and Human Services to help execute and guide the President’s objective through updates and tracking the progress (2011). Measuring the goals and objectives for the EHR is crucial to ascertain whether or not an application was effective. …show more content…
There are two goals of the mandate, Patient-Focused Health and Population Health. Four methods working in conjunction to attain these two goals are as follows, Privacy and Security; which is applied by orchestrating the electronic exchange while protecting patient personal information. Collaborative Governance; establishes a collaborative effort between federal agencies and stakeholders to accomplish more than an individual sector would accomplish. Adoption; promotes implementation of EHR tools and adoption of technologies in order to receive personalized health care. And Interoperability; enables the movement and exchange of the electronic health information in support of the patients’ care and uses (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2013). The Affordable Care Act and the Obama Administration share the same goals by, providing health care for all Americans, reducing the cost of healthcare, and improving the overall quality of personal care. The Obama Administration has taken the approach to amalgamate Presidents Bush’s EHR through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Title XIII named; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). ARRA authorizes to use hundreds of billions of dollars to assist and market the adoption of EHR. Assuring the privacy and security of personal health information through revising and strengthening security regulations and expanding on federal enforcement tools (2011). ARRA further supports the Bush mandate by providing incentives and assistance programs towards healthcare professionals that have already adopted this mandate and are demonstrating to help improve the health care systems through “meaningful use” of EHR’s to enhance the general health of Americans (Silow-Carroll, Edwards, & Rodin, 2012, p. 2) Student’s facility’ Plan The facility in which I am employed uses multiple EHR systems. There is a primary EHR system that is used for inpatients and outpatients, and a specialty EHR system that is used in specific …show more content…
Furthermore, there are regular system audits; every system is auditable so a supervisor can look into any system at anytime. Security audits are run on the EHR system on a regular basis to identify a breach of HIPAA. And there is a compliance office to handle any complaints, issues, and breaches. The hospital also has eight policies that manage the employee’s behavior of the electronic protected health information.
Iv learned from written this paper how health information technology is transforming the patient health care system. That great strides were taken by our government to adapt in order to meet the complex health care demands. I had no idea how involved the EHR system is nor did I consider the billions and billions of dollars that has been spent in launching the system. I plan to further my education of the EHR system, fostering my interest through involvement of the informatics department of my