...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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...EMR implementation to improve patient outcomes Florida International University The problem Quality of care has been low for Mesey hospital over the past few years. Medical errors, near misses and poor patient safety are at an increased rate. Communication has been lack luster, and patient satisfaction surveys have yielded unsatisfactory results. Mesey has invested in quality training, has had continuous education sessions and in-services in an attempt to improve care but has seen no improvements despite the efforts. The CEO, not realizing that it’s the system not the people, is looking into new and different strategies for improvement, including hiring new employees as the current staff is set in their ways and cannot seem to turn quality around. Mesey is currently using the traditional paper charting system and has not yet converted to electronic medical records (EMR). The CEO has done some research and has learned that the competitor Wellness hospital has been using EMR for over two years and has had great success - high quality rating and excellent patient satisfaction scores. The CEO of Mesey has been contemplating if implementing EMR within the facility will improve patient outcomes and satisfaction through improved safety and quality of care? Traditionally, paper based medical records have been used due to its simplicity and ease of use, low cost implementation, and widespread acceptance. This system does however come with a vast number of disadvantages including...
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...year. For the purpose of this paper the capitol purchase discussed is one of the electronic medical record. The federal government wants all medical providers to have an Electronic medical record by the year 2014. To keep up with the growing changes in technology allotting for this purchase will greatly affect the hospital system in many ways and prove its return on investment (ROI). According to Health Revenue.com, “ The goals of the EMR are: * EMR will help to streamline the medical records process by bringing structure to how it is done * EMR will help to ensure medical records are more complete and correct * EMR will help to providers follow drug authorization more thoroughly to protect against errors and abuse * EMR will reduce transcription costs * Fewer charts will have to be pulled because physicians will have easier access to information, no matter where they are * EMR will improve clinical messaging and thus improve the work flow and care of patients * EMR will help make charge capture more accurate (2011)”. This paper will explore the management and organization goals, the impact on the economic environment, and justifiable expenses and relate them to the mission of the organization in regards to the purchase. This purchase is beneficial in many ways to the health care organization and will overtime pay for itself many times over. Electronic medical records are a move all health care agencies are moving towards. They serve to improve the...
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...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. While keeping in mind the issues that are arising for various...
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...Are Electronic Medical Records a Cure for Helath Care? Case Study Identify and describe the problem in this case. In the United States most medical records are kept paper-based. That process is creating ineffiency, inaccuracy and also costing more amount of money compare keeping records electronically countrywide. The US government has set deadline for medical providors to acquire and set basic funtional operation of electronic medical record (EMR) by end of 2015. To get new EMR will cost around $30,000 to $50,000 per doctor. After getting EMR, each record has to be transferred to EMR from paper-based data with code assigned for various treatment options and data structures to fit the record’s format and that also includes cost and time in addition to the cost of system. Therefore individual physicians, clinics those have less than 4 doctors or hospitals those have less than 50 beds would turn out as a huge burden. The doctors have to change the way they work as EMR will be set up nationally. They have to change the way answer the phone call, the way they examine the patient and also the way they write prisciptions in order to keep all doctors visits same. In order to get used to new procedure doctors can take training which can take upto 20 hours from doctors very busy schedule. As EMR is not widely used, therefore we can say that it has not been tested properly yet due to lack of users. There would be many issues with the sharing data between different systems. As...
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...used in health care is the Electronic Medical Records (EMR). According to "Benefits of EHRs" (2013), “an electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital version of a paper chart that contains all of a patient’s medical history from one practice. An EMR is mostly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. An electronic medical record contains the standard medical and clinical data gathered in one provider’s office. Electronic health records (EHRs) go beyond the data collected in the provider’s office and include a more comprehensive patient history.” One benefit to patients is that they will not have to rely on their memory to remember every aspect of their entire medical history. Once documented in the patients’ electronic medical record, the information does not go away unless it is deleted from the electronic medical record. Even then, once deleted it remains in the patients history tab of the electronic medical record. Just like with any other form of communication, there is a risk of a breach in confidentiality. Most privacy and security risks apply to both paper and electronic records. However, the way that these are exploited and can be mitigated is different. Having a good understanding of risks is important to ensure that an organization makes informed choices regarding the privacy and security policies and procedures that they apply. Ways confidentiality can be breached can include unauthorized access to the electronic medical record. An example of this would be...
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...drastically increases effectiveness. Electronic medical records (EMR) are still somewhat new to the medical field. But in time this will increase the effectiveness and speed in which healthcare providers communicate with each other. There are a variety of communication modalities available to health care consumers and health care providers. These modalities and venues of communication may entail benefits and challenges to both consumers and providers. The one communication modality that sticks out the most and that is used in health care is the Electronic Medical Records (EMR). According to "Benefits of EHRs" (2013), “an electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital version of a paper chart that contains all of a patient’s medical history from one practice. An EMR is mostly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. An electronic medical record contains the standard medical and clinical data gathered in one provider’s office. Electronic health records (EHRs) go beyond the data collected in the provider’s office and include a more comprehensive patient history.” One benefit to patients is that they will not have to rely on their memory to remember every aspect of their entire medical history. Once documented in the patients’ electronic medical record, the information does not go away unless it is deleted from the electronic medical record. Even then, once deleted it remains in the patients history tab of the electronic medical record. Just like with any other form of...
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...health care information systems spans more than thirty years at a cost of millions of dollars (Zheng, McGrath, Hamilton, Tanner, White, Pohl, 2009). In spite of those costly efforts, patient records continue to be primarily paper-based. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) (1991) of the National Academy of Sciences recognized the magnitude of the problems associated with paper medical records systems and called for the adoption of computer-based patient records (CPR) or electronic medical records (EMR) as the standard for all patient records by the year 2001. EMR systems have been shown to have value in patient care; they are not widely used by clinicians in community-based practice. Although there are barriers to the productive use of EMR systems in primary care and there are situations in which such systems have failed, there are early adopters of this technology who have successfully implemented the systems and made them an integral part of their organizations. Gaining better understanding of the usefulness of EMR systems and how they might be broadly utilized and successfully implemented in the community-based practice environment requires further investigation. Identifying, analyzing, and understanding certain organizational factors that contribute to the use and acceptance of EMR among health care providers in ambulatory care, community-based settings will add to a presently insufficient body of knowledge, provide insight that will contribute to...
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...Use of EMR in the Healthcare Industry Marque Alford May 30, 2011 HCA/320 Nancy Sauver With the vast growth in technology, the high volume of healthcare organizations case load and the objective to provide effective, efficient communication all healthcare organization should definitely look into implementing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to their organization. EMR is a legal document of patient information stored and is accumulated over time from services render at a healthcare organization (HIMSS Analytics, 2006). The use of EMR in the healthcare industry can help reduce or even get rid of the medical mishaps that a rise. Furthermore, it helps the organization in delivering a better quality of care to the patient (HIMSS Analytics, 2006). Unfortunately, there are advantages and disadvantages to the use of Electronic Medical Records. The advantages of EMR are the ability for all in a health care team to work together to deliver a great quality of care to individuals. This helps eliminate multiple testing, prescribing or distribute of medication that can be deadly if combined, and the success of anyone in the healthcare organization or medical group to utilize and understand the necessary method taken to a certain condition (openclinical, 2005). Patients with multiple, difficult medical conditions may need to have more than one specialists, this can definitely be stressful and confusing. If professionals use the same system for electronic medical records, the organization...
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...Case Study 1 Identify and describe the problem in this case. Electronic medical record systems are proved as more efficient than paper providers, but it will cost a lot to build up a fully functional Electronic medical record keeping system, and there are also some disadvantages and difficulties for building EMR systems. 2. What management, organization, and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic medical record systems? Explain your answer. There is no standard for EMR systems, people in hospitals need to change the way they work. Besides, building a new record keeping system can cost a lot, and it is more difficult to make it functional. 3. What is the business, political, and social impact of not digitizing medical records (for individual physicians, hospitals, insurers, patients, and the U.S. government)? Many smaller medical practices are finding it difficult to afford the costs and time commitment to upgrading their record keeping systems. EMR systems cost a lot from individual physicians and hospitals. Although stimulus money should eventually be enough to cover that cost, only a small amount of it is available up front. Small providers are less likely to have done any preparatory work digitizing their records compared to their larger counterparts. Implementing an EMR system also requires physicians and other health care workers to change the way they work. It will cost a lot to train them. 4. What...
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... 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 one place, and the “USA could save...
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...of NueMD EMR……………………………………………… A. Practice Management………………………………………………... 1. Patient Registration…………………………………………….... 2. Reimbursement Management II. Uses of NueMD EMR Software…………………………………………….. A. Advantages of using NuMD EMR…………………………………… B. Disadvantages of the product…………………………………………. III. Governance, Privacy, and Legal Issues…………………………………….. A. Privacy compliance – HIPAA………………………………………… 1. Liability…………………………………………………………….. 2. Legal Interoperability ……………………………………………... 3. HIPAA Audits……………………………………………………… IV. Benefits of using NueMd EMR software versus the previous software …... A. Inpatients EMR………………………………………………………… B. Patient Accounting and Patient Management…………………………... 1. NueMd Case Studies……………………………………………….. 2. Partnerships and Affiliations……………………………………….. V. Summary VI. References NueSoft technologies, Inc. is a provider of web based medical and practice management software. Nue soft also known as NueMD medical software. Nuesoft technology headquarter and was established in 1993 in Marietta Georgia by Massoudd Alibaksh. The company develops and sells practice management software for physicians, practices, medical billing companies, Nusoft also known as NueMD that is a flagship product which is notable for being the first internet based. Nuemd is well known web based electronic health records software that assists and helps medical professionals...
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...EPIC Integration and Patient Portals Today’s wide-ranging medical practices often specialize in specific therapies and custom treatments for various diseases and ailments. Just like other marketing organizations, serving client needs in the digital age involves providing superior online customer service and patient portals for optimizing self-service actions and retrieving critical medical information. Providers of medical services face extreme challenges in making health records available to patients while guaranteeing the highest levels of security and privacy. EPIC EHR and EMR software can automate the safe sharing of medical and health records, but unless all patient records and data sources are integrated into the operating system, the software will fall short of its full potential to improve patient care, provide easy access to health records and...
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...comprehensive location to treat, diagnose, and help patients and community members. This merge will not only introduce a new host of patients and providers but has proven to be an opportune time for a shift in administrative function to meet the growing needs. This merge will not only allow additional facility space and make it user friendly for individuals with limited mobility. The total square footage total is 42,000 with 8,000 square feet for service delivery. The merge has identified the need for an overall increase in efficiency in administrative function to therefore reflect the quality of care patients receive. Currently UCPGB is utilizing paper-based medical record systems which however has been functional yet with the increase in population served other means of record keeping are being researched. Electronic Medical Records, a byproduct of the advancement of technology has been the leading contender in order to garner an efficient system and increase the quality of care patients receive. UCPGB provides family Medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, exercise and physical therapy, speech language pathology, occupational therapy, optometry, and dental medicine. The current population that UCPGB cares for utilize majority of the services provided. Each specialty is managed in various ways and run in different settings. This has posed as a challenge in the past as to how providers communicate with one another in terms of the patients they...
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...0735-7028/09/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0016853 Electronic Medical Records: Confidentiality Issues in the Time of HIPAA Margaret M. Richards Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital With the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the medical community, new issues arise for psychologists in keeping documented records of patient visits. Confidentiality limits have broadened, making use of the electronic medical record more complicated for the psychologist practitioner, particularly when serving as part of a multidisciplinary team. As the electronic medical record (EMR) has become more prevalent in multiple settings, various researchers have examined the effectiveness of this record keeping system, with a focus on improving patient outcomes. The risks and benefits of implementing an EMR will be discussed, focusing on specific considerations for psychologists in regard to confidentiality and interdisciplinary collaboration. Keywords: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), electronic medical record (EMR), confidentiality How much information is appropriate to place in an electronic medical record (EMR), especially when that record is accessible to professionals throughout an organization (i.e., a hospital setting)? This question has become an important topic of discussion and research as EMRs become more prevalent in larger institutions, such as academic medical centers and community mental health centers...
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