...Cameron, 2007). Client Health and Rehabilitation Center a skilled nursing facility in Anywhere, NY has determined that a capital expenditure of an installation of electronic medical records (EMR) will help their facility compete with surrounding facilities. The cost will be roughly $50,000, and will consist of the hardware, labor, software, service, and education for facility staff. This paper will confer that attainment of electronic medical record hardware and software will facilitate organizational and management with facility goals based on the necessity of the facility to compete with other facilities in the area that are technically advanced. In the long run the facility will reap the rewards of the installation of this new technology. Management Goals Productivity The chief goals of the administration group at Client Health and Rehabilitation Center is that of productivity. With the organization becoming further advanced technologically owing to the use of the EMR system, responsibilities that consist of procuring doctors orders for updating, filing, and charting additional redundancies, and use many paper charts will not be necessary, thereby doing away this outdated responsibility. Acquiring information for chart audits to determine code status, new doctor orders, and accurateness of assessments will be completed with simplicity. The management team understands the need to put into practice the technology with a crossing...
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...Running Head: IMFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS Information Technology In Organizations Learning Team A: University of Phoenix CIS 570 Information Technology In Organizations Information technology has transformed the business world. Many businesses are now able to complete transactions that were once unimaginable. Information technology has increased global commerce and improved businesses operational processes. The technology is continually changing to meet business needs. As new business needs emerge, technology must be adjusted to meet them. Most businesses rely heavily on information technology to conduct business. An analysis of three different organizations shows how much technology plays a role in day-day-business transactions. U.S. Probation Office’s Computer Software The United States Probation Office is a part of a national networking computer system. Each probation office across the country uses the same type of software. This network must be very secure due to the type of people the organization serves. Confidentiality is very important and legal issues may arise if it is violated. Therefore, the organization’s networking systems are designed to help protect information. The probation office uses two operating systems: Microsoft Windows and Novell Client Systems. Microsoft Windows is the standard operating system used on most personal computers. Only a few programs are accessible through Microsoft...
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...International Vietnam Russian Eye Hospital and benefit of using Information Technology Duong Chi Dat IFY Student 2011 International Vietnam Russian Eye Hospital (VRH) is a private Russian based hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, using latest technologies in diagnosis and treatment with service of ophthalmologists coming from Fyodorov Hospital, Russia. The hospital was established in February, 2009 and since then has gained a strong position in the healthcare market in Northern Vietnam (VRH, 2011) Reputation and credit of the hospital and number of patients coming to it has dramatically increased since establishment, thanks to the quality of service it provides and the efficiency of applying information technology to the hospital’s everyday work. The purpose of this report is to analyze how the hospital has benefited from using information technology (IT) in terms of revenue, working efficiency and ensuring patients’ satisfaction. Method Participants Face to face and telephone interviews were conducted with the hospital’s management team members including General Manager, IT Manager, Head of Customer Care Department, Chairman and a laser surgeon. All the interviews were focused on how the hospital has benefited from using IT from different points of views. Materials Annual reports for the years 2009 and 2010 including income statements of the first two months in 2011 provided by the General Manager were used to analyze...
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...Quality Management Assessment Summary Mark Borland HCS/451 Julie Carson February 25th, 2013 Quality management assessment summary Purpose of Quality Management When an organization or corporation invests its time and resources to qualitymanagement, it permits to enhance quality of business procedures and thiseventually leads to a reduction in the possibility of unforeseen obscurity and troubles. This enables patients to get products and services of superior quality. High quality of production development diminishes the prime cost of th4e final product or service, sothe hospital gets an opportunity to avail customers with better prices. Concepts of Quality Management • Ensure your health care fits your needs and preferences (What is Qualityin Health Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care does not cause harm (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care is right for your illness (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). • Make sure that your health care is given without unnecessary delays(What is Quality in Health Care, n.d). • Ensure that your health care includes only the medical tests andprocedures that you need (What is Quality in Health Care, n.d). • Make sure that your health care is fair and not affected by such thingsas your gender, language, color, age or income (What is Quality inHealth Care, n.d). The Cleveland Clinics method of approach to quality management are toprovide lower healthcare cost, revenue generated , overall...
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...machinery, building projects, and advanced medical equipments. Some of the viable capital projects that health care facilities invest in include research laboratories or libraries, machinery such as CT scanners, Magnetic resonance imaging equipment and powerful X-ray machines among others. A case in point is a capital project in St. Luke’s health care center in which the management recently approved a capital investment of purchase and installation of patient records filing software is projected to change the manner in which this facility has been performing its daily operations. In this regard, this paper aims at evaluating St. Luke’s health care facility in relation to management objectives and organizational goals in addition to highlighting how the project’s expenditure is beneficial to the facility. About The Capital Project Following the continued growth of the hospital over the past few years, it was noted that the task of managing patient information was becoming increasingly challenging by the day and information used in treatment. As such, the management saw the need to invest in a patient records filing software at...
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...Organizations Thanks to technology, the human service field could become more efficient. Electronic filing of client or patient information puts the information at the fingertips of all involved in the care of each individual. Before computers, client or patient files were hard paper copies that only one person could have access to at a time within one office unless a copy of this file was made for each professional involved in his or her case. Technology changed this by someone creating software, which stores all information on the client or patient. The case manager can have access to these files in his or her office at the same time a therapist is counseling the client. The software can be used to track client or patient services. As with all things in life there are benefits and disadvantages. The size of the organization can have a deciding factor on which software the organization will use for the filing of client or patient information. The following will discuss two types of software created for this purpose and explain how it is used, the benefits to centralize electronic client records and human service resources, advantages, and disadvantages of each software, and how the size of the organization determines which software it will use. These two software names are ClientTrack and TeleTrack. I. ClientTrack A. Benefits of Centralization 1. Efficiency – Spreadsheets are complicated and take too much time. This software’s easy-to-use interface and simple...
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...Anne Lehman Managerial Applications of Information Technology – IS535 Beacom DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management February 17, 2013 Table of Contents 1. Abstract…………………………………………………….3 2. Brief Company background………………………………...3 3. Discussion of business problem…………………………….3, 4 4. High level solution…………………………………………..5 5. Benefits of solving the problem……………………………..5, 6 6. Business/technical approach……………………………….6, 7 7. Interim’s Systems…………………………………………..7, 8 8. Technology /solution……………………………………….8, 9 9. High-level implementation plan…………………………..10 10. Conclusions ………………………………………………10, 11 11. Summary of project…………………………………………11 References…………………………………………………………..12 Abstract The business problem to be solved is how to improve operational efficiencies, reduce employee time management issues, and improve insight into the patient’s care and health for improved strategic planning, performance monitoring, and client satisfaction. Company Background Interim HealthCare was founded in 1966. It is the nation's leading home care, hospice and medical staffing company. Interim has more than 300 independently owned and operated franchise locations provide a variety of home health, senior care, hospice, palliative care, pediatric care and healthcare staffing services. The independent franchisees employ more than 40,000 health care workers providing nurses, therapists, aides and other health care personnel to approximately 50,000...
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...electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management solutions to help solve their problems. They were unable to find software that met their needs so they decided to create their own program and as result athenahealth, Inc. was born. Three years later, co-founders Jonathan Bush and Todd Park introduced a billing and practice management service called, athenaCollector. In 2006, athenahealth, Inc. launched athenaClinicals, advertised as the "first economically sustainable, service-based" electronic medical records (EMR) system (“athenahealth Introduces,” 2006). In August 2008, it announced the acquisition of MedicalMessaging.net (“athenahealth to Acquire,” 2008). Today athenahealth has four main services: • athenaCollector - A web-based physician billing and practice management solution that reduces administrative red tape that allows you to efficiently assess, plan, and improve practice performance while increasing revenue (“athenaCollector,” 2012). • athenaClinicals - An electronic health records (EHR) system, delivering increased revenue, decreased cost, and more clinical control to medical practices. With flexible, web-based Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) certified software, it incorporate government mandates faster (“athenaClinicals,” 2012). • athenaCommunicator - A service that deals with daily phone traffic and administrative tasks. It includes an automated messaging platform, patient web portal, live operator and self-pay collections...
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...Paper Shamekia Smith HSM230 Rachel Smith HSM Law Profile Paper HIPAA LEGAL SUMMARY The use of Information technology now allows human service organizations to more efficiently keep track of high priority information on clients, costs, and regulations. Years ago this information was kept by hand in ledgers. Nowadays client numbers, costs, and regulations have increased astronomically. As such information technology is the only way to keep track. There are a plethora of IT solutions for human service organizations. Out of the box solutions typically contain applications that record physician orders and keep track of claims and medical record information. Modern day regulation sets are complex and the need to keep track of these is extremely important. A good example of a large and complex regulation set is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act (HIPAA) which was put into law in 1996 by president, Bill Clinton. HIPAA has multiple facets. However the most important is that it sets rules on how to properly communicate medical data. Individuals, groups, or organizations that need to transfer medical data must do so according to HIPAA rules. As such administrators of health service organizations as well as IT professionals must understand the rules (Information Technology Association of America, 2004). The two most important components of HIPAA are simplification and privacy. Simplification means that the...
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...the leading providers of information technology (IT) solutions…” (Michelle Rovner 2012). I have used this system in a few different medical clinics that I have worked in and I can vouch that it is a good system. The Current Uses of Technology In The Management of Healthcare Information. Technology is no longer frivolous benefit in the healthcare setting it is now a necessity. The many tools that technology gives in the healthcare setting are allowing the space saving capabilities of using laptops in exam rooms, documentation via templating, scheduling, referrals, billing, e-prescriptions, electronic documents, patient portals, and electronic imaging. With the implementation of a health information exchange (HIE), it increases the accuracy, safety, and speed in which a provider can give excellent care to patients. The Need for Implementation and Integration of Electronic Information Systems In a Healthcare Setting. All healthcare facilities need to provide medical professionals the most advanced technology that is available for their staff to use to assure more efficient patient care. NextGen allows providers to search for a lab in a second, or instantly see what care a specific patient has received elsewhere. It decreases the possibility of missing a diagnosis with the added “…ICD-9 / ICD-10 diagnosis search tool” (NextGen HIE 2015). The Unchangeable Fundamental Concepts of Health Information Management Health information management in general is an unchangeable concept...
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...Summers HCS/514 October 29th, 2012 Dr. Carol Young Organizational Design Introduction Organization design is described as the formal process of integrating technology, people, and information of an organization. The organization design usually starts with the creation of a set of guidelines in which the members choose appropriate actions. An organization strategy is derived from the vision, statement of purpose and also from the basic philosophy of the organization. The structure of an organization usually defines the relationship among the people and their roles and responsibilities. The administrative system in an organization is responsible for governing through procedures, guidelines, and policies, Borkowski, N., (2009). The technology and information defines the processes by which the members achieve the outcomes. In order for an organization to be successful, the elements are supposed to support each other and work together toward achieving the organization purpose. Mercy Medical Center located in Baltimore, Maryland, is a premier magnet hospital. The hospital provides quality medical care to its clients in the inner city and suburbs of Baltimore. It also serves as a setting for research and educational programs. The Weinberg Center provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for cancer patients. The hospital provides the residents in the surrounding area with primary care. There are many factors that have had an effect on designing and shaping of the organization...
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...that consist of safety, community, teamwork, and accountability. Communication is a key concept in achieving and defining those values. According to the National Patient Safety Goal Data in regards to communication for Nightingale Community Hospital there is not consistency and goals are not being met for the following: reporting critical results within 60 minutes as evidenced by documentation, verbal orders/read-backs, unacceptable abbreviations, and time out hospital wide. Critical Results Within 60 Minutes Nightingale Hospital has showed variations in compliance with reporting critical results within 60 minutes for the months of January through December. Compliance went from 63% in January to 80% in December. In between this time there have been significant variances. As noted there from the data there was only 56% and 57% compliance for the months of June and July. Reporting of Critical Results with 60 minutes should be at 100% compliance. Verbal Orders/Read-Backs The ED met 100% compliance with verbal order/read-back audits for the fiscal year to date. Ortho is at 62% compliance. The other departments at Nightingale Hospital are ranging from 91% to 99%. For JCAHO standards the departments should be at 100%. Unacceptable Abbreviations Nightingale Hospital was at 99.6% compliance with the use of correct abbreviations. With the given data the following unacceptable abbreviations were used as follows for the months of December and January: |Unacceptable...
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...Introduction Health IT has improved patients safety, healthcare quality, efficiency and data collection and has helped restrain rising cost. Health information technology encompasses a broad array of technologies involved in managing and sharing patient information electronically than paper. http://www.allhealth.org/publications/health_information_technology/health_information_technology_toolkit.asp states Many in the U.S. have high hopes for health information technology, or health IT. Hospitals hope to reduce medical errors, such as ordering and administering the wrong dose of a medication. Providers hope to access and share patient information more easily, thereby improving care. Governments and businesses hope to save money by improving efficiency. In this paper, I will determine, within the healthcare setting, the main features, capabilities, and operational benefits to a health care organization using the following: patient care applications, management and enterprise systems, e-Health applications, and strategic decision-support application, I will assume the responsibility of a healthcare administrator for the health information systems within my organization and create an argument to be presented to the leaders with the organization that a strategic plan is essential for the IM/IT, assess the importance of a system development life cycle as it pertains to both the development of a custom application, coupled with the selection of proprietary systems, recommend the...
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...BTM 2nd Stage Bangalore, Karnataka India – 560076 adi.k.dash@gmail.com +91‐9620936796 Summary of Skills Business Analyst with People Management Skills, Customer Relationship Management and expertise in Software project development and management in Agile methodology • Over 5 years of experience in gathering requirements for software application development projects • Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, site visits, product related descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task & workflow analysis. • Delivering IT Solutions involving requirement analysis and management, project scope definition, implementation and testing of applications built for Windows, Mobile devices and Web in internet/intranet infrastructure • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user needs from the required system • Proficient in documenting business requirements in Agile methodology, creating Functional specifications, User Interface design, Use Case Modeling, Process flows and reviewing Test Case document • Expertise in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) management and Business to Business (B2B) integration concepts • Proficient at Scrum model & processes and Agile methodologies, Certified Scrum Product...
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...Keeping track of patients, clients and the services they received is a task that was once tedious, but now, thanks to technology, is easy, reliable and quick. In the case of the AEC of CNY, AVImark is the software employed that gets the job done. This software is a system of veterinary information management that is capable of handling a wide range of information both on the client and the patient. It makes appointments and follow-ups. It stores a file for each patient, which links it to its owner, the client.This file holds information such as the name, address, home and work phone number and even chart number of the client. For the patient it holds the same as well as, the species, breed, weight, color, regular vet, and even the date of the last entry as well as all services received during the current and past visits. AVImark has a catalog of all of the possible services a patient may receive along with the price of that service. These services are categorized for easy findings under maintenance, treatments, and applications. And then are further broken down into sub groups such as laboratory, radiology, injections, pharmacy, etc. Another time saving feature AVImark has to offer is estimates. These estimates save time because they contain the routine treatments and medications for cases that are seen frequently such as hit by car, urinary track infection, the Parvo. virus, and many other common situations animals are in upon entering the AEC of CNY. When an estimate is clicked...
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