...abilities in their specific field of study. Many of these organizations and associations may also assists individuals in the development of additional skills that may help one climb the corporate ladder to bigger and better opportunities and achievements within their field of study. Depending on one’s chosen profession or field of study, one can seek out assistance from a variety of organizations. Two such organization that I found that are going to be very valuable as well as useful to me in my future field of study and career in Health care Administration and Health Management are both none-profit organizations. One is commonly known as “AHIMA” (American Health Information Management Association) and the other one is known as “HIMSS” (The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). AHIMA was founded in 1928, and is the primary association of health information management for (HIM) professionals (AHIMA, 2010). AHIMA has more than 53,000 devoted members whose main purpose it is to improve and control the quality of medical records (AHIMA, 2010). In addition, AHIMA is dedicated to the advancement of the HIM profession in an...
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...Running Head: Implementation of EMR in SHC [Name] [Date] [Institution] [Instructor’s Name] • Describe an EMR and what are its main characteristics and potential benefits to a hospital. How did these influence the decision to adopt an EMR at SHC? What other reasons were influential? EMR: - EMR stands for electronic medical record. It is primarily employed at an institution that provides health care facilities i.e. at a hospital or at a physician’s clinic. Its primary purpose is to improve the communication among different departments of a hospital to increase productivity, to minimize errors and to improve customer care. Main Characteristics: - One of the main characteristics of EMR is its cohesive bond with information and technology (IT). The reason for employing IT is to make sure that all the organizational information stored in hospital’s mainframe can be communed to particular departments, which need particular information. Of course this approach takes technical expertise of people associated with IT and additional expenses, but on the bright side it decreases all the other costs i.e. cost of paper based information system. Thus, decreases the errors and mishaps by a considerable margin and saves a lot of time that can be utilized in other areas of the hospital to increase productivity. Potential Benefits of EMR: - Time Saving: EMR is most beneficial when it comes to time saving. In times of recession, where many hospitals are closing down or going...
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...The 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...
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...care. With the monumental growth in the use of Electronic Medical Records, it is important that we move toward an increasingly integrated system to prevent fragmented care, costly medical errors and frustration by the consumer receiving the care. Definition of Interoperability In the healthcare setting, interoperability is the ability of organizational electronic health records, applications and software systems, to communicate and exchange data to health care providers and authorized parties and utilize this information to support the continuation of patient care, across organizational boundaries (HIMSS, 2013). Data can be integrated into one unified medical record and shared across various clinicians, hospitals, labs, pharmacy, radiology providers and the patient. The goal is facilitating the delivery of efficient, quality health care to the individual and the community (HIMSS, 2013). Interoperability Importance of interoperability in patient care As the number of health care settings, specialties and medical services that the consumer can utilize increases, so does the importance of...
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...HIE Implementation with Conflicting Federal and State Laws University of Maryland University College Professor Arthur Reynolds HCAD 650 February 24, 2013 HIE Implementation with Conflicting Federal and State Laws Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a primary determinant of Stage 2 Meaningful Use in order for health care organizations to qualify for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2012). This emphasis on EHRs and HIE come from Congress’ passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), which was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The issue for facilities in meeting the Meaningful Use requirements is the conflicting federal and state laws that govern consent required to share patient information. At the federal level, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 established the baseline consent standard “as ‘No Consent’ required for treatment, payment and health care operations disclosures, and includes specific Opt-In or Opt-Out processes for sensitive health information” (Christiansen, Apgar, & Melamed, 2011, p. 2). The “No Consent” default established by HIPAA pertains to the disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) where the purpose is for the treatment, payment, and health care operation (TPO) to remove previous obstacles in the care delivery...
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...inpatient visits to the doctor or hospital As technology continues to penetrate our daily lives, all forms of business have decided to take advantages of this phenomenon; from manufacturing to healthcare. Patients now possess the ability to monitor their vital signs using mobile technology, instead of travelling to clinics and hospitals to visit doctors. “In the past few years, the technology landscape has been drastically changed by the proliferation of consumer-focused mobile computing devices. These devices, primarily smart phones and mobile tablets, are a new type of platform – less power than laptops and workstations, but with more functionality and connectivity than traditional phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs)” (Himss 2011). There are some things to consider when both patients and doctors are involved with mobile technology. One will compare and contrast patients monitoring vital signs using mobile technology...
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...Answer of following questions: Q.1) Since most developers are not clinicians, and most clinicians are not developers, what measures are necessary to ensure the development of an effective health information system? Since the early 1980s, the healthcare industry has been discussing the need for electronic health records. And indeed, the past 20 years have seen the industry move toward a completely computerized medical record. A variety of technologies have contributed to this evolutionary process, including point-of-care clinical documentation, clinical data repositories, and automated results. The cumulative effect has resulted in slow but steady progress toward a complete electronic health record for the healthcare industry. Clinical and administrative data needed to assess and improve quality, identify potential cost savings, and make strategic decisions have become important as the pressure on healthcare rises. Current trends in healthcare that will drive information technology priorities in the immediate future include the following • Concern about medical errors and overall quality of care • Continued pressure for cost containment • Consumer empowerment • Growth in the use of evidence-based medicine • Demand for protection of privacy and confidentiality of information Effective health information systems are ones that improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare delivery costs. Since most developers are not clinicians, and most clinicians are not developers...
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...Vanderbilt University Medical Center Adopts EHR and Data Governance Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, was an early adopter of EHR and implemented data governance in 2009. VUMC’s experience provides valuable lessons. VUMC consists of three hospitals and the Vanderbilt Clinic, which have 918 beds, discharge 53,000 patients each year, and count 1.6 million clinic visits each year. On average, VUMC has an 83 percent occupancy rate and has achieved HIMSS Stage 6 hospital EHR adoption. HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, himss.org) is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to better health-care outcomes through IT. There are seven stages of EHR adoption, with Stage 7 be- ing a fully paperless environment. That means all clinical data are part of an electronic medical record and, as a result, can be shared across and outside the enterprise. At Stage 7, the health-care organization is getting full advantage of the health information exchange (HIE). HIE provides interoperability so that information can flow back and forth among physicians, patients, and health networks (Murphy, 2012). VUMC began collecting data as part of its EHR efforts in 1997. By 2009 the center needed stronger, more disciplined data management. At that time, hospital leaders initiated a project to build a data governance infrastructure. Data Governance Implementation VUMC’s leadership team had several concerns. 1. IT investments and tools were evolving...
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...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 the success of the EHR because they are often at the forefront in the documentation process in many healthcare settings. The EHR uses clinical document architecture (CDA) data standards. Using one type of standard and structure allows the EHR to be used in all different settings and the format is intended for use by many different kinds of clinical documents. The CCD, Continuity of...
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...Comparing and contrasting Sentara Health System 2010 and Eastern Maine Medical Center 2008 Davies Organizational Award Minerva Ndikum Medical Informatics 6208 DE PhD Philip Aspden This paper compares and contrasts eight different views of two winners of Davies enterprise award. The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies award recognizes excellence in the implementation and use of health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs), for healthcare organizations, private practices, public health systems, and community health organizations. The Award honors Dr. Nicholas E. Davies, an Atlanta-based practicing physician, president-elect of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Improving the Patient Record, who died in 1991 in a plane crash. This paper will compare and contrast the eight difference, the process by which each organization decided to implement an EHR, the goals of each implementation, the governance process for planning and implementation and how stakeholders were involved in each case, the functionality that was implemented in each case, including clinical decision support tools and data sharing with external organizations, how security and data integrity issues were addressed in each case, how user satisfaction with the implementation in each case was addressed and give the results, and how each implementation’s success in meeting the original goals of Sentara healthcare...
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...OSI Model Protocol K. Johnson NTC/361 June 2, 2014 OSI Model Protocol Protocols and standards are important for network designs, they provide a guided format for transferring data. These protocols can be defined by exclusive system or organizations such as American Health Information who oversee Health Information Exchange (HIE). In this essay the OSI model will be examined, especially in the health care field. An Open System Interconnection Model (OSI) is a layered representation guide for network protocol design. The model is distributed the network process into seven layers that performs a different service and protocol. Data communication plays a big part in this system in which protocols plays a part in this process. The process in which protocols are used to allow data communication to take place is that in the technical operation. In this operation data transmitted over the network must broke down into distinct, methodical steps, in which certain actions will take place that must be done within that specific step only. These specific steps contain their own rules, procedures, and protocols that must be passed in order, in the same manner on each computer within the network. According to "The Function of Protocols" (N.D), "In the sending computer, the steps must be executed from the top down, and in the receiving computer the steps must be carried in the opposite order from the bottom up”. Protocols ("The Function Of Protocols", N.D). Sending Computer ...
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...in healthcare Cybersecurity has been a major talking point in virtually every industry, especially the healthcare industry. Federal regulations mean serious repercussions for breaches, so security is the top priority for most chief information officers (CIOs) in the healthcare sector. Factors Cost There were 100+ data breaches among healthcare organizations in 2016 alone, and industry experts estimated the cost of lost records due to those breaches to be almost $3 billion . The per-capita data breach cost in the healthcare sector for 2016 was $355, which is almost 56% more than the overall mean of $158 . See Exhibit 2. Medical information is invaluable In a survey conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) on factors motivating cyber criminals, 76.7% of the respondents cited medical identity theft as their prime motivator. Medical information is precious, and it can be easily sold on the black market or held hostage by ransomware to the detriment of patients. Stealing such information is financially profitable, which lures many attackers aimed at making easy money. See Exhibit 3. Implementation issues faced by CIOs in healthcare The major issues faced by CIOs in healthcare can primarily be categorized into technical, vendor selection, and security challenges. Technical challenges Securing electronic health record (EHR) environments According to Ron Temske, vice president of Logicalis Healthcare Solutions, providers “must take an architectural...
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...2003 Nicholas E. Davies Award Recipient Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Harold M. Britton October 12, 2015 DeVry University Dr. Jenkins HMS 330 The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies award of Excellence recognizes those institutions that have made outstanding achievements by optimizing the use of information technology and the use of Electronic Health Records Management Systems to improve patients overall health outcomes through the implementation practices, strategies, workflow and patient engagement while maximizing the organizations return on investment. The award is named in honor of Dr. Nicholas E. Davies, MD, PhD who was a pioneer in the world of medicine and his first priority was to improve access to Healthcare in America through Information Technology, a true Physician Champion. Dr. Davies was killed in a commuter airline crash off the coast of Georgia in 1991. This paper will highlight Cincinnati’s Children Hospital and Medical Center as they were the recipient of the 2003 Davies Enterprise / Organizational Award. “We fix smiles, we mend brains, we fight infections, we help families be brave, we help kids grow strong, we give them second chances and we celebrate when they say, ‘Look at me now!’” (CCHMC, 2003). I decided to focus my report on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for my 5 year old Niece was in cancer treatment there in 2010, unfortunately she did not survive the treatments, however I learned so much from some of the staff...
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...A new prescription for chronic diseAse Remote monitoring devices February, 2012 Sponsored By: A new prescription for chronic disease – remote monitoring devices Sponsored by Qualcomm Life February 21, 2012 Background Rapid innovation and the adoption of mobile, cellular and digital technologies are dramatically changing the face of the global healthcare industry. Clinicians and patients expect to have near real-time access to increasing amounts of health-related information on a 24x7 basis. The advent of smart phones, tablet computers and mobile apps are a large part of this transformation in how medical data is accessed, delivered and utilized. A recent study estimates that the mobile health care market is poised to more than triple from $2.7 billion in 2007 to $9.6 billion in 2012, with Americans using about 15 million wireless health-marketing devices 1. Based on the range that consumers said they would pay for remote/mobile monitoring devices, another firm provides a brighter picture, estimating the annual consumer market for these devices is between $7.7 billion and $43 billion 2. Projections suggest that by 2015, the clinical mobility should represent about 10 percent of the worldwide health IT market 3. While the use of mobile technology is widespread, it is particularly prevalent among young adults. A recent survey suggests that 43 percent of U.S. mobile phone subscribers use a smart phone, with the majority of those under age 44 using this technology 4. More...
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...SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED NURSING ROLES BROWN_K_W5A2_SU_NSG5000 Kerry Ann Brown South University Due to the changing health care environment, the nursing profession is currently in a process of evolution. Scopes of practice and role expansions are being prepared. Some of these roles are traditional, such as nurse practitioners who have been fighting for equality and recognition since the early 19th century. With the advent of technological advancements in health care new roles such as nurse informaticists, recognized as a specialty in the later part of the 20th century, are being put into practice and defined. More responsibilities are being given to the nursing profession due to its knowledge base within the constructs of organization, implementation, and evaluation skills with a human approach. During the context of this class much knowledge was gained in respect to the nurse practitioner (NP), nurse administrator, nurse educator, and nurse informaticist (nurse informatics specialist). Because health care is changing, the aforementioned roles are also evolving, this paper will explore the commonalities with each advance practice role and analyze the roles and contributions of the nurse informatics specialist. The nurse practitioner is a postgraduate prepared registered nurse, who has either a master’s degree or doctorate. Upon graduation, NPs possess a wealth of knowledge allowing them to independently manage direct clinical aspects of patient-centered holistic...
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