EHR Electronic health records, healthcare, work efficiency, patient safety, healthcare quality, patient information, patient privacy, cybersecurity, collaboration, interdisciplinary coordination, HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Electronic health records come at a time when the hospital environment is undergoing a revolution with the idea of fully utilizing the benefits of communication technology. This is driven by the need for quality and efficiency of work in the hospital environment through improved record-keeping and the relationship between the nurse and the healthcare providers. According to an IOM report, errors adversely occur in clinical settings which threaten the well-being of the patients and their safety (Tanner, Gans, White, Nath and Pohl, 2015). This is the reason why electronic health records have been proposed as a solution to this problem by mediating the different aspects of the work environment.
[...] Can the use of EHR in healthcare settings increase patient safety and efficiency of work? Introduction Electronic health records come at a time when the hospital environment is undergoing a revolution with the idea of fully utilizing the benefits of communication technology. This is driven by the need for quality and efficiency of work in the hospital environment through improved record-keeping and the relationship between the nurse and the healthcare providers. According to an IOM report, errors adversely occur in clinical settings which threaten the well-being of the patients and their safety (Tanner, Gans, White, Nath and Pohl, 2015). [...]
[...] Menachemi & Collum (2011) argue that the use of EHR records can cause unintended consequences that affect the quality of healthcare and compromise the integrity of patient information. This is related to the changes in the power structure in the organization which allows other third parties like system administrators to access patient records when they are not allowed. Some opponents of the electronic health record systems have argued that patient privacy is limited in this system since it makes it easy for medical professionals to access the records easily. [...]
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[...] This use of codes ensures that errors are completely removed thus increasing the quality of outcomes which leads to patient safety and satisfaction. For example, an automated electronic records system allows the nurse to verify the information that has been entered into the system before submission. This process ensures that patient information is stored well and can be accessed anytime that it is needed. The efficiency of data is not all about the record itself but rather how this system organizes the medical data increasing ease of access to the records and easy retrieval. [...]
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