George Brown College Course: Health Informatics (T402) Term: Winter 2014 Professor: Diane Salois-Swallow CANADA EMR SYSTEM “BRIDGING THE GAP” Handed on: February 28 2014 By: Vaibhav Khanna (100925351) drvaibhavkhanna@yahoo.com Any move to introduce technology into health care radically impacts the very nature of that care. If we don ’t have better understandings of the richness and complexity in the practical accomplishment of work‚ then we won ’t be able to design effective systems
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Moving to Electronic Health Records What is the difference between the EMR and the EHR? Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably; however‚ there is a distinct difference. An EMR is site specific—for example‚ a physician practice. There could be multiple individual sites where an EMR resides (from the primary care physician to the specialty practice). The EHR is all of the EMRs and other health information‚ such as pharmacy records‚ payer/financial historical health information‚ etc. Therefore
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Patient safety culture plays an important role for the whole health care team. It has been an aspect for the quality of health care delivery. The complexnature of critical care increases the opportunity formedical errors (Stockwell &Slonim 2006). Patient safety culture is based on the health care team’s commitment to caring‚ their competencies‚ attitude throughout the care and how proficient they are on caring a patient. Upon ensuring the patient’s safety culture‚ it is also considered as prevention
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Advanced Degreed Nurses Improve Patient Safety Angela Lofton American Sentinel University Nurses have an obligation to patients and to patient’s families to deliver competent and safe quality of care. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing stated “education has a significant impact on the knowledge and competencies of the nurse clinician.” (Fact sheet AACN). My choice to return to school is a direct reflection on my commitment to give the absolute best care possible.
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Patient Safety/Quality Care/Improvement Case Study 1. Overview of what are medical errors and possible consequences of such errors? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines medical errors as “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” Medical errors do not all result in harm or injury. Medical errors that cause injury or harm are sometimes called preventable adverse events – that is the injury is thought to be due to a medical intervention
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Review of Article: Relationship Between Nurse Education Level and Patient Safety Miyoung Schuler Washington State University College of Nursing Instructor: Erin Gillingham NURS 360 Professional Nursing: Concepts and Issues Summer 2014 Review of Article: Relationship Between Nurse Education Level and Patient Safety In 2010‚ the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report calling for 80% of RNs to have a minimum of a BSN by 2020. One argument for the increase in education requirements
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Running Head: ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR) PROJECT` Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Project CMGT/410 University of Phoenix Table of Contents Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Project 3 Background 3 Statement of Need 3 Objectives 3 Mission and Goals of Project 3 Tasks 4 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 5 Critical Path Method (CPM) 6 Performance Measurement 8 Project Plan 8 References 10 Table of Figures Figure 1: Level One 5 Figure
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intergrade to a digital medical record system. Implementation costs‚ training staff‚ and physicians having a difficult time transitioning to a new way of collecting and handling patient information maybe the cause. Some disadvantages to EHR include‚ availability of data related to privacy and security‚ such as “hacking” into patients medical records and obtaining personal information. Others may include too much data‚ entry errors‚ downtime procedures‚ software updates‚ downtime/crashes‚ viruses‚ user error
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Running head: Tracer Summary 1 Patient 453355 Tracer at Nightingale Community Hospital Patient Tracer Summary 2 Patient 453355 Tracer at Nightingale Community Hospital To provide an accurate assessment of the systems and processes for the delivery of care‚ treatment‚ and services at the Nightingale Community Hospital‚ weekly patient chart reviews of patient medical cases is performed using The Joint Commission tracer methodology for a thorough review of current services and possible
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the current controversy of utilizing electronic records (EMR) in place of paper records in today’s medical environment. Specifically‚ the article mentions the pros of an EMR as being; making it easier to share medical information‚ making access to medical records more fluid‚ and reducing the overall cost of care delivery. It also mentions the cons such as; loss of privacy‚ inability to control access to information‚ and hacking. The EMR would have a pronounced effect on health care delivery.
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