Meaningful Use In Health Care
Introduction
Technology has limitless potential in this day and age and utilizing it to increase patient safety has become a priority in the United States. The passage of ARRA was a way to encourage health care providers to utilize electronic health records in a meaningful way. This paper will analyze the impact of meaningful use on nurses, nursing, national policy, patient outcomes and population health followed by recommendations for additional criteria that could be added for the improvement of Meaningful Use.
Overview of Meaningful Use
According to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report as many as 98,000 people die each year from medical errors (IOM, 1999). Meaningful use of EHRs was implemented with the goal of decreasing this number. …show more content…
Providers must show that they have taken certain measures to protect the privacy and security of patient’s health information and that they have improved the quality of health care they deliver. Organizational and project management is needed to adequately implement MU in a health care organization. Standards and interoperability include HL-7, SNOMED and ICD-10 codes; this includes technical standards and specifications that must be in place for the organization to achieve successful …show more content…
Implementation of an EHR and demonstration of meaningful use should not make a nurse's job more difficult. According to Mihalko (2012), “a well-designed EHR should support the nurse by streamlining processes and workflows, assisting with intelligent decision support at the point of care, standardizing documentation, and making data entry and data retrieval faster and more accurate” (p.2). The focus should include medication administration safety, transparency of the nursing process, diagnosis prioritization, and electronic workflow development should standardize and improve communication. By using their voice nurses must begin to expect solutions that improve electronic documentation, communication, patient safety and care (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015).
Implications for National Health Policy
National health policies play an important role in a countries effort to improve and maintain the health of its citizens. In the United States MU is a tool that works to engage patients and families in their health while improving safety, efficiency, and reducing health disparities. Other goals include improved care coordination, population and public health and lastly ensuring privacy and security protection
Technology has limitless potential in this day and age and utilizing it to increase patient safety has become a priority in the United States. The passage of ARRA was a way to encourage health care providers to utilize electronic health records in a meaningful way. This paper will analyze the impact of meaningful use on nurses, nursing, national policy, patient outcomes and population health followed by recommendations for additional criteria that could be added for the improvement of Meaningful Use.
Overview of Meaningful Use
According to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report as many as 98,000 people die each year from medical errors (IOM, 1999). Meaningful use of EHRs was implemented with the goal of decreasing this number. …show more content…
Providers must show that they have taken certain measures to protect the privacy and security of patient’s health information and that they have improved the quality of health care they deliver. Organizational and project management is needed to adequately implement MU in a health care organization. Standards and interoperability include HL-7, SNOMED and ICD-10 codes; this includes technical standards and specifications that must be in place for the organization to achieve successful …show more content…
Implementation of an EHR and demonstration of meaningful use should not make a nurse's job more difficult. According to Mihalko (2012), “a well-designed EHR should support the nurse by streamlining processes and workflows, assisting with intelligent decision support at the point of care, standardizing documentation, and making data entry and data retrieval faster and more accurate” (p.2). The focus should include medication administration safety, transparency of the nursing process, diagnosis prioritization, and electronic workflow development should standardize and improve communication. By using their voice nurses must begin to expect solutions that improve electronic documentation, communication, patient safety and care (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015).
Implications for National Health Policy
National health policies play an important role in a countries effort to improve and maintain the health of its citizens. In the United States MU is a tool that works to engage patients and families in their health while improving safety, efficiency, and reducing health disparities. Other goals include improved care coordination, population and public health and lastly ensuring privacy and security protection