Data and information among disparate health information systems to support internal and external business processes
Analyze the flow of data and information among disparate health information systems to support internal and external business processes
Assume you have been hired as a Manager by a local Physician office and entrusted with the responsibility of implementing Electronic Health Record (EHR). The EHR would be acquired from the commercially available EHR systems on the market (called off-the-shelf). Your first assignment is to list and describe features of commercially available EHR systems for the selection of the desired functions for the Physician office. In a 2-4 pages report as Word document, address the following:
1. List features of the commercially available EHR systems for the Physician office.
2. Describe the function(s) of each feature and its application for the healthcare managerial processes.
An electronic health record (EHR) provides the independent physician with a patient’s medical data that had been previously recorded on paper and stored in file folders. Of course, EHRs do much more than just provide a patient’s medical record. There are many common EHR features that benefit both the independent physician and the patient. The office of Health Information Technology (Health IT) defines an EHR system as one that is “built to go beyond standard clinical data collected in a provider’s office and can be inclusive of a broader view of a patient’s care. EHRs can: contain a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, and laboratory and test results; allow access to evidence-based tools that providers can use to make decisions about a patient’s care; automate and streamline provider workflow.