The transition to of Electronic Medical Records - is a key factor in enhancing the quality of patient care. In contrast to the paper medical records, electronic form implies completely different methods of protection against forgery or tampering with data in the history of the disease, similar to other large-scale information systems containing important official data.
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Electronic medical history is a natural result of the development of automation and computerization in health care and its appearance marked the transition from conventional preparation of history with the help of electronic documents. It is similar to a classical paper history, but it gives you more advantages as formalization of records instantly available to the health care professionals and the prospect of combining the electronic patient records into a single database about health.
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There are a lot of steps involved in making the right decision and choosing a proper EHR system for our hospital. All health care professionals, who are eligible and must use certified EHR technology and be trained, so they qualify for incentive payments and achieve meaningful use. All the new devices should be checked properly with an IT department. Moreover, the financial department should help in planning the budget of the implementation of this technology.
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This gives an increase in the quality of emergency medical care at the expense of timely access to medical information by means of universal electronic card. Reducing to a minimum percentage of lost information due to medical errors. Reducing bureaucracy and paper waste time providing citizens with the necessary certificates, for example, to obtain military identification card, work permit etc.
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Many doctors have found that electronic health records (EHRs) improve the management of medical practice by increasing efficiency and savings practices. (Jamoom, 2012)
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When purchasing the technology we must decide one option versus other one. Organizations that buy products must evaluate the key results of the barriers and opportunities and that staff practices encounter while having EMRs for quality improvement.
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In the case of medical information systems, we can estimate the costs associated with their implementation and support.
Electronic medical records system allows nurses to access the medical records of patients, provides cost savings by reducing the amount of time nurses, which they spend on documentation and redundant data collection, by reducing the costs associated with paper-based forms, procedures to prevent accidental omissions. (Wang, 2003)
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The greatest benefits from the introduction of electronic medical records are obtained through savings on medicines (33%), savings on radiological studies (17%) and by reducing errors in the accounts (15%). (Wang, 2003) This result allows for conducting similar research focus on these types of benefits, if full coverage of all the benefits of electronic health records will be fraught with difficulties in obtaining cost information.
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All the innovations presuppose certain litigation threats. In our situation we have such threats as doctors' responsibilities for keeping and reviewing the whole computer-accessible clinical synopsis from other institutions, reductions in litigation, keeping the records in the database
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With practice hospitals can face some additional and unexpected losses in budget, but preparing projects in health care facilities we usually assume, that the implementation of health information technology for that matter, and any information technology is exclusively costly nature. Thus, their payback is expressed not by cost, but by quality indicators, such as: improving the quality of health care, to facilitate the work of medical personnel, improvement of the health of patients, etc.
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The most tangible benefits of health information technology implementation are as follows: savings in laboratory studies, cost savings on drugs, the benefits of reducing length of hospitalization (Johnson, 2003)
References:
Jamoom, E., Patel, V., King, J., & Furukawa, M. (2012, August). National perceptions of EHR adoption: Barriers, impacts, and federal policies. National conference on health statistics.
Wang S. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Electronic Medical Records in Primary Care. The American Journal of Medicine. –– vol. 114, 2003. — 397-403 pp.
Johnston D. The Value of Computerized Provider Order Entry in Ambulatory Setting. –– Boston: Center for Information Technology Leadership, Partners HealthCare, 2003.
