PHR Assignment
PHR Assignment
PHR Assignment
Healthcare is transitioning to the use of health information systems that include EMR and PHR systems. The goal is to better meet the needs of the healthcare providers in caring for their patients as well as to provide patients with more support.
EMR and PHR
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are a digital version of the paper charts used in the health care setting. The use of EMR replaced paper charting and has advantages over paper charting. It contains the medical and treatment history of the patients in one practice making it easier to monitor and improve overall quality of care within the organization. Information is protected and can only be accessed by members of the practice. With paper charting, …show more content…
Patients who receive care between different doctors of different specialties, in different locations can easily and more efficiently share important information. By intergrading information, it adds many other benefits; such as drug-drug interaction checking, electronic messaging between patients and providers, managing appointments, and reminders. This has the potential to improve the safety and quality of care, and better patient outcomes. After having tests or laboratory work done, instead of making an appointment for the results, patients can go online and access that information, saving time for physicians who need to tend to ill patients for that day. According to Tand, Ash, Bates & Overhage (2006), “patients who are more engaged in their health are more active participants in the therapeutic alliance, for example, when patients with chronic conditions collaboratively manage their illnesses with clinicians to reduce pain, improve functional outcomes, and improve medication …show more content…
Patients do not want to manually input data into the system and fear that their personal information is not secure. According to Groen, Goldstein, & Nasuti, (2007), accuracy of the information can be a concern, “Involving patients not only in viewing and interpreting but also entering their own data raises the issue of data accuracy.” On a web-based PHR patients can run into recurrent technical problems or connections to a specific hospital’s information system. Medical records contain very sensitive information such as weight, disorders, and procedures, keeping unwanted eyes from seeing that information could prove difficult, adding a threat to the patient information confidentiality. PHRs are not all covered under HIPAA, “While HIPAA compels covered entities to provide notice of their privacy practices to consumers, not all PHR vendors are “covered entities” as defined under HIPAA. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
PHR Assignment
Healthcare is transitioning to the use of health information systems that include EMR and PHR systems. The goal is to better meet the needs of the healthcare providers in caring for their patients as well as to provide patients with more support.
EMR and PHR
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are a digital version of the paper charts used in the health care setting. The use of EMR replaced paper charting and has advantages over paper charting. It contains the medical and treatment history of the patients in one practice making it easier to monitor and improve overall quality of care within the organization. Information is protected and can only be accessed by members of the practice. With paper charting, …show more content…
Patients who receive care between different doctors of different specialties, in different locations can easily and more efficiently share important information. By intergrading information, it adds many other benefits; such as drug-drug interaction checking, electronic messaging between patients and providers, managing appointments, and reminders. This has the potential to improve the safety and quality of care, and better patient outcomes. After having tests or laboratory work done, instead of making an appointment for the results, patients can go online and access that information, saving time for physicians who need to tend to ill patients for that day. According to Tand, Ash, Bates & Overhage (2006), “patients who are more engaged in their health are more active participants in the therapeutic alliance, for example, when patients with chronic conditions collaboratively manage their illnesses with clinicians to reduce pain, improve functional outcomes, and improve medication …show more content…
Patients do not want to manually input data into the system and fear that their personal information is not secure. According to Groen, Goldstein, & Nasuti, (2007), accuracy of the information can be a concern, “Involving patients not only in viewing and interpreting but also entering their own data raises the issue of data accuracy.” On a web-based PHR patients can run into recurrent technical problems or connections to a specific hospital’s information system. Medical records contain very sensitive information such as weight, disorders, and procedures, keeping unwanted eyes from seeing that information could prove difficult, adding a threat to the patient information confidentiality. PHRs are not all covered under HIPAA, “While HIPAA compels covered entities to provide notice of their privacy practices to consumers, not all PHR vendors are “covered entities” as defined under HIPAA. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,