Annotated Bibliography
Poissant, L., Pereira, J., Tamblyn, R., & Kawasumi, Y.(2005). A systematic review: “The impact of electronic health records on time efficiency of physicians and nurses” journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 12(5); 505-516 (Oct. 2005) retrieved June 29, 2014 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc205599.
This article provided a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on documentation time of physicians and nurses and to identify factors that may explain efficiency differences across studies. The electronic health record (EHR) is increasingly being deployed within health care organizations to improve the safety and quality of care1 and to achieve these goals …show more content…
The authors said the overall safety and effectiveness of technology in health care ultimately depend on its m human users and I do agreed with them that any form of technology may adversely affect the quality and safety of care if it is designed or implemented improperly or is misinterpreted. Lots of money has been allocated to this program by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and HITECH to develop the foundation for the adoption and incentives to providers who are meaningful users. With Technology Drill Down (TD2) 8 major workflow categories that can benefit from this technology are identified and to achieve their goals a 36 hospital time motion study was done and 3 main targets are identified for improving the efficiency of nursing care documentation, care coordination and medication administration and it was found out that change in technology, work processes and unit organization and design may allow for substantial improvements in the use of nurses’ time. This study was carried out using Texas Health Resources case study which has 13 hospitals 3100 beds and 1800 employees at the end it was founded out that some activities did not meet time saving expectations and this is due to lack of proper attention to workflow, poor organization of electronic information and insufficient …show more content…
Some health care industry are slower in replacing paper records with electronic ones. She said despite the advantages it has some barriers which include upgrading the technology of current systems and getting everyone on the same page, as well as the fact that there is no universal electronic health record system, but rather hundreds for hospital to choose from will only be overcome if a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals works together to make sure the systems meet everyone’s need. “One of the reasons for nurses to embrace the technology is that electronic medical records help improve the level and consistency of patient care” Pat Wise MSN,RN, vice president of electronic health records for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
This article provided a systematic review of the literature to examine the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on documentation time of physicians and nurses and to identify factors that may explain efficiency differences across studies. The electronic health record (EHR) is increasingly being deployed within health care organizations to improve the safety and quality of care1 and to achieve these goals …show more content…
The authors said the overall safety and effectiveness of technology in health care ultimately depend on its m human users and I do agreed with them that any form of technology may adversely affect the quality and safety of care if it is designed or implemented improperly or is misinterpreted. Lots of money has been allocated to this program by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and HITECH to develop the foundation for the adoption and incentives to providers who are meaningful users. With Technology Drill Down (TD2) 8 major workflow categories that can benefit from this technology are identified and to achieve their goals a 36 hospital time motion study was done and 3 main targets are identified for improving the efficiency of nursing care documentation, care coordination and medication administration and it was found out that change in technology, work processes and unit organization and design may allow for substantial improvements in the use of nurses’ time. This study was carried out using Texas Health Resources case study which has 13 hospitals 3100 beds and 1800 employees at the end it was founded out that some activities did not meet time saving expectations and this is due to lack of proper attention to workflow, poor organization of electronic information and insufficient …show more content…
Some health care industry are slower in replacing paper records with electronic ones. She said despite the advantages it has some barriers which include upgrading the technology of current systems and getting everyone on the same page, as well as the fact that there is no universal electronic health record system, but rather hundreds for hospital to choose from will only be overcome if a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals works together to make sure the systems meet everyone’s need. “One of the reasons for nurses to embrace the technology is that electronic medical records help improve the level and consistency of patient care” Pat Wise MSN,RN, vice president of electronic health records for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society