...Excellence: Case Study Jessica Moss October 9th, 2012 The HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence originated in 1994. The program and award is named after Dr. Nicholas E. Davies who was a practicing physician and the President elect of the American College of Physicians as well as a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Improving the Patient Record. Dr. Davies passed away in a plane crash in 1991 but he dedicated his work into improving the patient record. He believed that computer based patient records needed improvement to provide better care for the patients. The Davies Award of Excellence is an award that requires the staff in the health care system applying for the award to document and assess their progress and accomplishments using a framework for thinking about the implementation process of an electronic health records system. The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence identifies organizations use of health care information technology in four categories: public health, organizational health, ambulatory care and community health organizations. Each case study demonstrates the facilities innovation and the use of an existing application that delivers the new or improved functionality or original solutions created by the applicant enterprise. (HIMSS, 2011) In 2011, five case studies were awarded with the Davies Award. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene applied their case study and was awarded the Davies Award in the Public Health sector...
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...Running head: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Student Names Florida Atlantic University College of Business Health Administration Program Dr. Attila J. Hertelendy Introduction to Health Care Systems HSA 6103 Electronic Medical Records (EMR) November 15, 2011 Table of Contents 2 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................4 Types of EMRs ................................................................................................................................4 EMR Technology ....................................................................................................................4 Practice Management ..............................................................................................................7 Vendors and Cost of EMR ......................................................................................................7 EMR Stimulus.........................................................................................................................8 Different Uses of EMR ....................................................................................................................9 Uses of EMR in Health Management .............................
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...outages. The Electronic Medical Records system of Kaiser Permente has been nothing short of an IT project gone awry. Questions began to rise when Cliff Dodd, the company’s CIO, resigned. Dodd stepped down January 14, 2010 after another Kaiser employee, Justin Deal, sent a memo to every company worker warning of technological and financial repercussions related to the rollout of the nearly $4 billion system from Epic Systems Corp. Deal said he also sent letters to Kaiser management expressing his concerns. But in internal memos, officials said they investigated those concerns and denied that the implementation of the Health Connect system has been a failure. The system is suppose to give more than 100,000 of Kaiser’s physicians and employees instant access to the medical records of some 8.6 million patients, along with e-messaging capability, computerized order entry and electronic prescribing. In addition, the system is suppose to integrate appointment scheduling, registration and billing functions and will offer various features to Kaiser members through KP.org. A power outage on May 9, 2009 at Kaiser’s data center in Corona, California, lasted for 55 hours and 7 minutes and affected the ability of numerous health care facilities to access the Health Connect system. This outage affected every Kaiser Permente region. Providers/clinicians across KP would not have access to medical information to treat members, process lab and pharmacy requests, and in some cases were in full...
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...[pic] Abstract EHR, known as electronic health record, refers to some systematic collection of an individual’s or a population’s electronic health information. The record is in a digital format which is theoretically sharable across various health care settings. Sometimes, this sharing can happen by way of network-connected, information systems or some other information networks. The electronic health record may include a wide range of data, like demographics, the patient’s medical history, their medication and allergies their immunization status, lab test results, vital signs, statistics like weight and age, and billing information. These systems are designed to represent accurate data capturing the patient’s state at all times. This allows the viewing of the entire patient history without tracking down the previous medical records of the patient and assisting in ensuring that the data is accurate, legible and appropriate. This reduces chances of replicating data since only one modifiable file is available, which means that the file is always up to date if it is viewed at a later date thus eliminating the issues of lost data forms or paperwork. Owing to all this information being in one single file, it’s much more effective to extract medical data for examination of possible occurrences or trends and long term health changes in any patient. Introduction As more health organizations tend to adopt electronic health records, nurses, clinicians and physicians...
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...Electronic Medical Records HCS/320 August 5, 2011 Electronic Medical Records Health care organizations have changed drastically over the years. Technology has made it more advanced than ever before. New technology has affected the way of health care communication. This paper has been written to show how efficient and effective communication is with electronic medical records, its advantages and disadvantages, its influence on consumers, and the electronic medical records short- and long-term financial impact on organizations. An electronic medical record (EMR) is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office. Electronic medical records tend to be a part of a local stand-alone health information system that allows storage, retrieval, and modification of records (Wikipedia, 2011). Efficient and Effective Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are increasingly used in health care organizations in general and ambulatory settings in particular. Electronic medical records include comprehensive documentation of a patient’s medical history, easy access to medical data from remote sites, improved communication among the various providers involved in health care, easy access to medical information and state of the art resources over the Internet (medical journals, guidelines, evidence-based medicine databases, medication databases,) and clinical decision support. A recent systematic literature review suggests...
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...Unit 5 IP – Challenges and Security Issues American InterContinental University Abstract In this assignment, review of three different case studies will be discussed. Topics will include when an antivirus software cripples your computer, determining how secure cloud computing is, and electronic medical records systems. After the review of each case study, a set of questions will be answered to provide details on each study as to what was reviewed. Challenges and Security Issues (Case Studies) Introduction In this assignment, review of three different case studies will be discussed. Topics will include when an antivirus software cripples your computer, determining how secure cloud computing is, and electronic medical records systems. Case Study #1 When Antivirus Software Cripples Your Computers On April 21, 2010, McAfee crippled hundreds of thousands of McAfee equipped machines, by mistakenly sending an update to its users reclassifying svchost.exe as being a malicious file which was known as W32/wecorl.a virus (Humphries, 2010, para 1-2). The factors that were responsible for this software problem was that McAfee failed to send users a warning notifying them that svchost.exe was going to be either deleted or quarantined; instead they deleted the file completely. On the other hand, failure to detect this error was at the fault of McAfee’s automated quality assurance. Another reason this spread so quickly is because of the high demand for faster antivirus updates....
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...The Impact of Electronic Health Records on Pediatric Patient Flow Elizabeth Dutton September 24, 2014 HCM-500 Healthcare Informatics 4-1 Case Study: EMR Implementation and Patient Flow The goal of integrating to the use of electronic health records (EHRs) is to improve quality and reduce costs, however, these systems experience a number of challenges. Electronic health records are computerized paper charts that allow hospitals and medical facilities to compile patient information into one system. This case assesses the effect of employing EHR on “overall patient length of stay, time to medical provider, and provider productivity during implementation of the EHR” (Kennebeck, 2011, p. 443). While the focal point of these systems is to improve the quality and timeliness of patient care, there are a number of challenges facilities face throughout the implementation phase. The implementation of EHRs faces an assortment of trials within the medical industry. The largest concern regarding electronic systems is the protection of patient information, which is required by law through HIPAA. In addition, Stephanie Spellman Kennebeck (2011) describes the potential difficulties involved with the evolution of electronic medical records, stating, “as EHR systems evolve from first generation computerized physician order entry or simple niche system to large hospital-wide EHR integrated records, the risks of the implementation on impacting patient safety, efficiency, and financial...
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...This case study investigates the healthcare informatics processes and technology in improving the accurate entry of patient data and summarizes nursing research regarding data integrity. The case study examines the impact of consequences of the use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems on the quality of care and proposed solutions to address accidental EHR-related mistakes. In this case study every diagnostic procedure was done correctly and promptly for patient`s well-being, while poor and improper entry of the patient’s data led to jeopardizing the integrity of information, and further endangering patient safety or decreasing quality of patient care. One of the methods to ensure data accuracy is to ask the patient to verify data that is collected during admission and assessment processes. This verification may be accomplished through: verbal confirmation, reviewing data by patient on selected computer screen or tablet, and reviewing printouts by client of entered data. Each of these methods has possible problems. Patient may not be English proficient, the atmosphere in the emergency room may be too fast paced for the patient to be able to accurately review the data or patient may have verbal or vision weakness. Usually, electronic health records data entry result in faults due to software design flaws, poor decision support rules, inadequate user training, system performance issues, human error, interruptions by colleagues while submitting patient data, or use of the...
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...Cancer Diagnosis HCIS/275 Ms. Smith November 6th, 2015 Amy Filler What is the Meaningful Use of an EHR? Preventing Medical Errors and Early Cancer Diagnosis In the case study that I read the people talk with a Dr. Frank Maselli. Dr. Meselli is a family physician at a family practice in the Bronx. They ask him about his experience with using the electronic health records. They question him if he thought it helps not make errors in his office and if he thought it help him diagnosis patients quicker. Dr. Meselli informed them that using electronic health records did in fact allow his office to be able to store and use medical records a lot easier than before. It is also having a great impact in his ability to care for his patients better. He was impressed of how well the e-prescribing worked as well. He liked how there was very little error when you sent it electronically unlike before when the pharmacies would have to call all the time because something was wrong. They have a color system and his employees know if it is green they are good to go, yellow then there is only partial coverage and red means no coverage. He notices how this system diagnoses his cancer patients. The system helped him identify 3 cases of breast cancer and a case of colon cancer. With Dr. Maselli using electronic health records it help him make 4 people healthy because he was able to diagnose and treat each patient earlier. The system even has reminders for his employees to call and get the patients...
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...being faced by a major threat that is misuse of patient health information. To protect the patient and their families during their job transition or the unemployment period and to protect the patient health information from being misused the U.S Congress ratified HIPAA i.e. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA protects patients and their families in times of their unemployment by providing them with Health Insurance at that particular time. (Wikipedia, 2011) The area of study this research addresses is the health care industry and the processes within. Healthcare industry is one industry that is always successfully operational because human being is exposed to the threat of illness every second. Since health care industry is always operational, the competition within the industry is extremely high. The competition is not only about who provides the best services, but it is also about who provides the best protection to the patients in terms of managing their information as well as protecting them in times of need. The subject under consideration is to study the health department of Gary Job Corps Center and develop a procedure that is compliant with HIPAA. The procedure in focus will be the management of patient health information and its security maintenance in compliance with HIPAA. The proposed solution will be given in consideration of the basic statutes and laws stated in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. ...
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...Changing Paper Documentation to Electronic in Healthcare Name Institution Date Introduction Changing from paper documentation to electronic documentation is just like switching from analog to digital television. Rigidity in institutions may prevail but at the end all the institutions conform to one documentation method the electronic documentation. An electronic document is any media content other than computer system files or programs used in either soft copy form or paper as a print out (Yu, 2006). With technological advancement, the use of written documents has reduced because it has become easier to distribute and display documents in screens (AWARE, 2005). The method has an impact on reducing paperwork and space for storage of these materials. Documentation of activities involving purchases, sales, distribution, drug administration, patient health record, finance and other relevant activities of any organization is a primary issue in maintaining efficiency in operations (AHIMA, 2010). The use of paper documentation is somehow a far behind the method and rather tedious and inefficient. A more reliable and efficient way of keeping health records is thus a necessary change that may help reduce the demerits associated with the paper documentation method. Technologically advancement has brought with it more efficient and easy way to record and maintain a company or organization’s documents (AWARE, 2005). Changing from paper to electronic file documentation is thus a primary...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Your Name HCS/533 10 February 2014 Professor Here Future Trends in Health Care Electronic health records have become more prevalent in the current health care system than it was 10 years ago. Electronic health records were not used to the extent it is today for patient documentation. Without the advancement in electronic medical records, most of the information that is transferred so easily to other providers would not be able to happen. Electronic Health Records (EHR) is the quintessence of a trend changing the health care system. Because more medical facilities are adopting the use of electronic health records, members are receiving faster more efficient care whereas the medical facility is saving money. EHRs are “digital repositories of patient data accessible to multiple stakeholders” that include “patient’s health history, medical conditions, test and treatments, medication, demographics” and other pertinent information about the patient (Otto & Nevo, 2013. p. 165). Electronic health records eliminate misplacement of documents, destruction of the documents via handling, and to retrieve documents for continuity of care providers needed to seek information from multiple places. EHRs streamline processes; place the information in...
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...Electronic Health Records: Transforming Today’s Healthcare Abstract Electronic health records have been revolutionizing the healthcare industry by facilitating enhanced care and safety to the patients and potentially saving millions of dollars. The EHR is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information compiled from all the different encounters that an individual comes upon in various different medical care settings and automates all the data, allowing providers to have all the information in one electronic record. Electronic health records have enormous benefits to offer the healthcare industry, an important one being that they are permanent and cannot be lost; however, it is imperative that all facilities take the time, effort, and resources to incorporate it into their systems. Electronic Health Records: Transforming Today’s Healthcare The electronic health record and the use of clinical informatics have made great strides in improving the quality of care we provide for the population and also saving the industry millions of dollars. “The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter - as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface - including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.” (HIMSS, 2011) Nurses play an important role in helping to facilitate...
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...terms are meant to be in order to master that field of study. In order to master the study of Information System in Health care, a thorough under-standing of the following terms are very important. AMR. The Automated Medical Record. The Automated Medical Record is a clinical information system with powerful facilities for querying and decision support. Automated Medical Record is the beginning of using electronic medium for the purpose of communication between health care providers, and between patients and health care providers and vice versa. Automation of medical record was originally intended to promote timely billing and securing prompt payments, but it came to stay as the most beneficial development for the patient in the scheme of delivery of care. Lack of proper and complete medical record may be the most important reason for the medical error in the treatment process. CMR. Computerized Medical Records. Computerized Medical Records are the digital counterparts to patient medical records kept in paper files and folders in health care offices. They are, in essence, an electronic version of the same medical records. In many cases, when a health care practitioner wants to invest in computerized medical records, paper medical records are simply scanned and entered into a medical records system. Instead of documenting patient information on paper and creating a file for every patient, electronic medical record store the information in its server (Gonzales, S., &...
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...CONCEPT PAPER TOPIC: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHALLENGES INFLUENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS FOR HIVCARE PATIENT MONITORING AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT. (A case study of Mbagathi District Hospital and Makadara Health Centre in Nairobi County) INTRODUCTION – BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. The implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) systems is a complex process that is receiving more focus in developing countries to support understaffed and overcrowded health facilities deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Timely access to accurate and relevant health and medical information is crucial to the development and administration of healthcare services, research and teaching. The advent of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has brought many opportunities and challenges in the provision of information services in the health sector worldwide. The current health situation of many developing countries is a dire one, with many facing double and triple burden of disease (ie infectious and chronic) one contributor to this condition is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. HIV/AIDS has the highest prevalence in developing countries, about 68% (22.5 million) of the approximately 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) reside in sub-Saharan Africa where as HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death(UNAIDS & WHO,2007). In Kenya the number living with HIV/AIDS as per the NASCOP National HIV indicators report 2011 there were 1.6million, only reported that...
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