Huntington Memorial Hospital is a non-profit‚ community-based medical center situated in Pasadena‚ California. The Hospital provides acute medical care and community healthcare services to the region of the San Gabriel Valley and its closest communities. The facility offers the treatment of cancer‚ epilepsy‚ robotic invasive and bariatric surgery (Haile‚ 2016). Huntington Hospital is considered one of the best medical facilities in Los Angeles highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals
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Computer Technology’s Effect on the Practice of Nursing Susanne Swisher Facilitator: Jeannie Short NUR 224: Nursing Informatics September 23‚ 2007 Plagiarism Statement I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the University Bulletin and this module as it relates to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement‚ I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism have
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Information Systems in Healthcare | Patient Registrar | Stephanie Bowens Instructor: Stacie KreinbrinkDate: 02/01/2013 | Carolinas Healthcare System This facility is one of the most leading and innovative healthcare organizations. It provides a full spectrum of healthcare and wellness programs throughout North and South Carolina. Our diverse network of more than 650 care locations includes academic medical centers‚ hospitals‚ healthcare pavilions‚ physician practices‚ destination centers
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Computerized management systems or electronic medical records (EMR) are computerized medical records generated in an organization that delivers care‚ such as in a physician ’s office or a hospital. The EMR stores the patient ’s protected health information‚ such as patient history‚ test results‚ current medications‚ and demographics in a centralized database. There are many EMR systems available on the market today‚ but the two most popular systems are EpicCare and NexGen. A. Increase in Quality
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Security Issues of the Electronic EHR and Issues with Converting to an EHR Gary Driscoll HI150-01 UNIT 9 Assignment Kaplan University 19 October 2011 The digital age is replacing the standard practices at a record breaking pace. With that increase‚ the need to digitize new medical records and convert existing records is becoming an issue at the top of most organizations “To Do List”. It is important for the organization to realize that
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Current Issues in Quality and Safety Current Issues in Quality and Safety The safety of medication administration has become a universal issue and crucial for one ’s wellbeing. The majority of hospitalized patients are treated with medications (Agyemang & While‚ 2010). The medical treatment of patients has a direct effect on the patient ’s quality of life. Srinivasan declared "patients have a right to know they are receiving safe care" (as cited by Zhani‚ 2012‚ p. 1). The purpose of
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Any kind of error‚ whether it causes no harm to the patient or kills the patient‚ is still an error that needs to be reported and addressed. This collection of data begins with looking at the CPOE (electronic physician orders)‚ Pyxis dispense history‚ eMAR‚ narcotic waste history (if a narcotic error)‚ barcode scans‚ and the stage that the error occurred. These are all important data pieces to collect and analyze in order to pain the picture
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The emergence of public health informatics as a professional specialty is part of a larger development of informatics in related health fields‚ such as medicine‚ nursing‚ pharmacy‚ and dentistry. Interest in informatics as a specialty in these areas reflects the importance that information collection‚ analysis‚ evaluation‚ and utilization now play in the health care division. One of the primary inventions of clinical medicine is the patient medical record. Practitioners use the record to capture
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billions of dollars yearly. It was also reported that every year‚ there are approximately 450 000 unfavorable medication circumstances of which 25 percent could have been prevented‚ that caused an injury to the patient. Therefore‚ other than the CDSS/CPOE implementation‚ the following systems were being used to aid in the improvement of the medication administration efficiency: intravenous infusion pumps with preprogrammed drug information‚ barcode-assisted medication administration
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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
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