The Implications of Electronic Health Records for Managers
The Implication of Electronic Health Record for Health Care Managers
These days, Information technology is utilized in almost all aspects of our daily lives. It enables communications across the world easier and faster. With technology getting more advanced and in order to cover vast demographic of the United States, the needs for information technology are apparent in the health care industries. “Rural Hospitals face tough choices on computerized records. (Whitney, E., 2014) ” mentioned about the challenges hospitals faced to adopt the electronic medical health records system in respond to the Health Information Technology of Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act (2009). Jha et al (2009) conducted surveys and out of 63.1% of hospital surveyed, only 1.5% had extensive electronic health care system and only 7.6% adopted basic computerized system. After the HITECH Act regulated in 2009, Desroches et al. (2012) found that the number of hospitals utilized electronic health record (EHR) system rose from 15.1% in 2010 to 26.6% in 2011. However, health care practitioners and hospitals in the rural area are slower to adopt the new technology. Of course, these hospitals have their own reasons for the slow implementation. This paper will discuss further the positive and negative impacts of implementing electronic health record system for hospitals and health care managers.
Policy
HITECH Act was passed through The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, promotes the adoption of Health Information System across the nations (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009). It provides payment incentives for eligible health care practitioners and hospitals, which adopt the electronic health care system when they can demonstrate “meaningful use” of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (EHR Incentives & Certification, 2009). Payments will be paid in installments (over 5 consecutive years for Medicare and 6
These days, Information technology is utilized in almost all aspects of our daily lives. It enables communications across the world easier and faster. With technology getting more advanced and in order to cover vast demographic of the United States, the needs for information technology are apparent in the health care industries. “Rural Hospitals face tough choices on computerized records. (Whitney, E., 2014) ” mentioned about the challenges hospitals faced to adopt the electronic medical health records system in respond to the Health Information Technology of Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act (2009). Jha et al (2009) conducted surveys and out of 63.1% of hospital surveyed, only 1.5% had extensive electronic health care system and only 7.6% adopted basic computerized system. After the HITECH Act regulated in 2009, Desroches et al. (2012) found that the number of hospitals utilized electronic health record (EHR) system rose from 15.1% in 2010 to 26.6% in 2011. However, health care practitioners and hospitals in the rural area are slower to adopt the new technology. Of course, these hospitals have their own reasons for the slow implementation. This paper will discuss further the positive and negative impacts of implementing electronic health record system for hospitals and health care managers.
Policy
HITECH Act was passed through The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, promotes the adoption of Health Information System across the nations (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009). It provides payment incentives for eligible health care practitioners and hospitals, which adopt the electronic health care system when they can demonstrate “meaningful use” of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (EHR Incentives & Certification, 2009). Payments will be paid in installments (over 5 consecutive years for Medicare and 6
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