A. Four EHR functions needed by clinical end-users in acute care setting.
a. Results Management
i. (A1) These systems help organize and manage diagnostic test results
based on the needs of healthcare professionals. They allow users to track
and display laboratory results over time and compare them with
medications, vital signs, and other patient information.
b. Point-of-Care Documentation
i. (A1) This feature helps guide healthcare providers through the information
that must be collected for a specific patient. It often uses context-sensitive
templates that adjust based on the type of data being entered, allowing the
documentation format to match the particular data entry requirements.
(Oachs & Watters, 2020, p. 377).
c. Medication Management
i. (A1) This feature can be used to ensure patient safety “through proper
drug ordering, dispensing, administering, and monitoring of reactions.”
(Oachs & Watters, 2020, p. 378)
d. Computerized provider Order Entry (CPOE)
i. (A1) This function can be used to help healthcare providers place orders
quickly and enable providers to transmit orders to various departments’
information systems.
e. (A2) One technological strategy that could be used when introducing new
technology to old technology in the acute care setting is the use of system
integrators. “A system integrator – a company that acquires products and develops
permanent interfaces between them, selling them then as a single technology
offering.” (Oachs & Watters, 2020, p.424). System integrators act as critical
bridges between new technology systems and older technology systems that are
too expensive to replace. They use specialized expertise to harmonize fragmented
workflows, ensuring that new technology, such as AI-driven diagnostics, can
ingest and analyze data from older systems without causing disruptions.
Integrators often place modern API layers such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability
Resources (FHIR) in front of old databases, allowing new applications to
consume data from older systems as if they were modern applications.
B. Three EHR functions needed by clinical end-users in the outpatient setting.
a. E-Prescribing (E-Rx)
i. Oachs and Watters (2020) states that E-Rx is a special type of CPOE
application that is used to write prescriptions that are then transmitted to
retail pharmacies using the National Counsil for Prescription Drug
Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT standard that is sent through a pharmacy
information exchange. Physicians benefit from e-prescribing systems in
several ways, including access to an up-to-date medication list, fewer
a. Results Management
i. (A1) These systems help organize and manage diagnostic test results
based on the needs of healthcare professionals. They allow users to track
and display laboratory results over time and compare them with
medications, vital signs, and other patient information.
b. Point-of-Care Documentation
i. (A1) This feature helps guide healthcare providers through the information
that must be collected for a specific patient. It often uses context-sensitive
templates that adjust based on the type of data being entered, allowing the
documentation format to match the particular data entry requirements.
(Oachs & Watters, 2020, p. 377).
c. Medication Management
i. (A1) This feature can be used to ensure patient safety “through proper
drug ordering, dispensing, administering, and monitoring of reactions.”
(Oachs & Watters, 2020, p. 378)
d. Computerized provider Order Entry (CPOE)
i. (A1) This function can be used to help healthcare providers place orders
quickly and enable providers to transmit orders to various departments’
information systems.
e. (A2) One technological strategy that could be used when introducing new
technology to old technology in the acute care setting is the use of system
integrators. “A system integrator – a company that acquires products and develops
permanent interfaces between them, selling them then as a single technology
offering.” (Oachs & Watters, 2020, p.424). System integrators act as critical
bridges between new technology systems and older technology systems that are
too expensive to replace. They use specialized expertise to harmonize fragmented
workflows, ensuring that new technology, such as AI-driven diagnostics, can
ingest and analyze data from older systems without causing disruptions.
Integrators often place modern API layers such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability
Resources (FHIR) in front of old databases, allowing new applications to
consume data from older systems as if they were modern applications.
B. Three EHR functions needed by clinical end-users in the outpatient setting.
a. E-Prescribing (E-Rx)
i. Oachs and Watters (2020) states that E-Rx is a special type of CPOE
application that is used to write prescriptions that are then transmitted to
retail pharmacies using the National Counsil for Prescription Drug
Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT standard that is sent through a pharmacy
information exchange. Physicians benefit from e-prescribing systems in
several ways, including access to an up-to-date medication list, fewer
