The Cerner EHRs offers important tools for hospitals to meet federal standards on HIT management and daily workflow improvement. This EHRs has a widespread presence in my organization save for the ER department. In essence, users at the organizational level utilize Cerner for the collection, organization, storage, and transmission of patient health information. The system encompasses a dashboard for quick information views based on appointments and patient identity. Also, patients have a limited access to a portal that allows for insights on appointments, lab, and treatment plans (Fairbanks, 2016a).
Contrarily, MEDHOST’s EDIS stands for emergency department information system. My organization uses this system for ER purposes. The system has an inbuilt customization that allows adequate control of this department’s needs. Some of the features here include CPOE, charting and documentation, reports, and patient tracking. In essence, MEDHOST EDIS offers an integrated solution with other systems and data repositories as accessed by other clinicians and the ambulatory unit (Medhost, 2013).
AthenaClinicals is a notable online-based EHRs offered by athenahealth. While it is not available in my organization, the system is highly rated for its optimized ease of access and efficiency. Also, the system meets the national standards for EHRs software and allows for regular updates. The multi-professional approach helps in optimizing documentation speed to increase accuracy and result adoption (Fairbanks, 2016b).
I believe that AthenaClinicals will be the most appropriate EHRs for my organization for the following reasons. First, AthenaClinicals is an award-wining system that is customizable for ease of management in practice. The system is renowned for its usability, multifunctionality, and efficiency. Second, AthenaClinicals is an online-based tool that offers an unlimited storage capacity on the cloud. This capability implies that the organization would not require additional hardware for the storage additional data. Also, the cloud storage capabilities would protect PHI from privacy and confidentiality issues (Fairbanks, 2016b).
References
Fairbanks, L. (2016a). Cerner EHR Review. Retrieved from Top Ten Reviews: http://www.toptenreviews.com/business/services/best-electronic-medical-records-software/cerner-review/
Fairbanks, L. (2016b). athenahealth athenaClinicals Review. Retrieved from Top Ten Reviews : http://www.toptenreviews.com/business/services/best-electronic-medical-records-software/athenahealth-review/
Medhost. (2013). EDIS - EHR Software for ED. Retrieved from Medhost, INC Website: http://www.medhost.com/offerings/edis
