NR599 week 3

NR599 week 3 Pro’s Rationale Real-time/ patient centered EHR gives the provider the capability to retrieve the patient current and past medical history, medications and or treatment plans, immunization records, allergies, diagnostic imaging, and laboratory results. (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 2017) Allow access to evidence-based tools that providers can use to make decisions about patient care. (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 2017) efficient Diagnostic data and education at the providers fingertips Con’s Copy and Pasting Rationale Copying and pasting gives the staff the opportunity to copy and paste notes, allotting for false documentation. This can cause potential harm to patient. Wrong chart If providers and staff are not careful, they can document on the wrong patient, potentially causing harm EHR allows providers to see other providers such as consulting physicians or acute care services documentation and recommendations. Increases patient participation Providers and patients who share access to electronic health information can collaborate in informed decision making. (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 2017) Impersonable Many times, the staff are too busy looking at the computer, this can take away from the nurse patient relationship Downtime Documentation systems can go down without notice, leaving staff scrambling to get the downtime paperwork printedNot all patients have There are patients access to computers, who cannot afford a iPads, or smartphones computer or still have a flip phone, this make EHR difficult to access. This can take away from patient participation.