Disadvantages Of Emr System
2012 EVALUATION /COMPARISON REPORT OF 2 EMR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR POTENTIAL USE IN OUR HOSPITAL
Report Prepared By:
Gary Holt RN
Director of Nursing Informatics.
Pg. #1 TOPIC A: EMR SYSTEMS AND PATIENT QAULITY CARE OUTCOMES.
EMR stands for “Electronic Medical Record”. This section of the report is to explain to you the benefits to improving the quality of patient care we can provide to our patients by utilizing the EMR system. As we all know our number one goal is positive patient outcomes and safety of our patients. Part of this is always looking for the latest technologies and systems available in which to achieve this and to continue to improve positive patient outcomes. So you may ask how these positive outcomes would be …show more content…
As we all know the amount of documentation we have to provide for our patients is more and more every year. The reasons as we all know are mainly lawsuit and medical malpractice driven in conjunction with more and more state as well as federal rules and regulations. Having progress notes, assessments, and consults, diagnostic imaging studies and most importantly M.D. orders in a typed easy to read format will cut down on these potential errors drastically by being able to read and interpret them without question. Also, by being able to read the information that is now typed with ease; if there is a further need of clarification to be questioned, it will be recognized and addressed much quicker than previously.
TOPIC B: THE IMPORTANCE OF NURSING INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING, CHOICE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMR …show more content…
Their responsibilities are immense at times and they have to be able to juggle multiple tasks at once with multiple interruptions at times as they are completing their tasks. As a floor Nurse this is even more demanding. Taking care of multiple patients with all the responsibilities that go with it as a Nurse takes excellent Nursing judgment, critical thinking, communication and time management abilities. As much as a Nurse can strive to achieve all of these things to the best of their ability, having to go to the Nurses station to access a policy and procedure manual, access a patients’ physical chart, look up a medication in a drug manual or hand write a MD order can . add to time taken away at the patient’s bedside. PDA’s and W.O.W’s (workstations on wheels) can significantly change all of this. Having these with the Nurse at all times gives them the ability to access information needed to take care of their patients Pg. # 4 Continued: immediately. They can place a telephone order at the Pt’s bedside from a MD into the EMR system, they can look up a lab at the bedside, they could read a imaging study at the bedside, they could access the internet or links designated by the Hospital to research information on a patient or their condition. What this does is increase timely care, reduce time away from the pt and ultimately improve patient outcomes as a
Report Prepared By:
Gary Holt RN
Director of Nursing Informatics.
Pg. #1 TOPIC A: EMR SYSTEMS AND PATIENT QAULITY CARE OUTCOMES.
EMR stands for “Electronic Medical Record”. This section of the report is to explain to you the benefits to improving the quality of patient care we can provide to our patients by utilizing the EMR system. As we all know our number one goal is positive patient outcomes and safety of our patients. Part of this is always looking for the latest technologies and systems available in which to achieve this and to continue to improve positive patient outcomes. So you may ask how these positive outcomes would be …show more content…
As we all know the amount of documentation we have to provide for our patients is more and more every year. The reasons as we all know are mainly lawsuit and medical malpractice driven in conjunction with more and more state as well as federal rules and regulations. Having progress notes, assessments, and consults, diagnostic imaging studies and most importantly M.D. orders in a typed easy to read format will cut down on these potential errors drastically by being able to read and interpret them without question. Also, by being able to read the information that is now typed with ease; if there is a further need of clarification to be questioned, it will be recognized and addressed much quicker than previously.
TOPIC B: THE IMPORTANCE OF NURSING INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING, CHOICE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMR …show more content…
Their responsibilities are immense at times and they have to be able to juggle multiple tasks at once with multiple interruptions at times as they are completing their tasks. As a floor Nurse this is even more demanding. Taking care of multiple patients with all the responsibilities that go with it as a Nurse takes excellent Nursing judgment, critical thinking, communication and time management abilities. As much as a Nurse can strive to achieve all of these things to the best of their ability, having to go to the Nurses station to access a policy and procedure manual, access a patients’ physical chart, look up a medication in a drug manual or hand write a MD order can . add to time taken away at the patient’s bedside. PDA’s and W.O.W’s (workstations on wheels) can significantly change all of this. Having these with the Nurse at all times gives them the ability to access information needed to take care of their patients Pg. # 4 Continued: immediately. They can place a telephone order at the Pt’s bedside from a MD into the EMR system, they can look up a lab at the bedside, they could read a imaging study at the bedside, they could access the internet or links designated by the Hospital to research information on a patient or their condition. What this does is increase timely care, reduce time away from the pt and ultimately improve patient outcomes as a