Electronic Medical Record Latest Update Graded A

Electronic Medical Record Latest Update Graded A ALLEVIATE to partly or correct; to reieve or lessen ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) more than one healthcare organization ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EMR) within a sinlge health oragization INTEROPERABLE the capability of a system to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system PARAMETERS any set of physical properties, the values of which determine characterics or behavior PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD (PHR) an electronic health record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed and controlled by the individual PREVALENT generally or widely accepted, favored, or practicedfi FIVE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ORDER: 1.) tthe agencies and providers eill participate in the development of information about the overall cost of healthcare services and treatmenthe agencis involved will implement interoperable systems as their current systems are upgraded 2.)providers and paers with whom the agencies do business also will implement inteoperable systems as their 3.)the prices paid by health insurance issuers will be avialable both to beneficiaries and enrollees in the health plan. 4.)the agencies and providers eill participate in the development of information about the overall cost of healthcare services and treatment 5.)the agencies and providers will develop and identify, for beneficiaries, enrollees, and providers, approaches THE FIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE EMR 1.) Reduces medical errors 2.) Keep record s organized 3.)Helps to avoid duplicate testing 4.) Less concerns for illegilbe records 5.)Requires individual names and passwords for security THE FIVE DISVANTAGE OF THE EMR 1.) Reluctance of employees to embrace change 2.) Patint's concerns for confidentially 3.) High starts -up costs 4.) Extensive training necessary 5.)space for equipment needed EMR CAPABILITY 1.) Specially Software 2.) Appointment Scheduler 3.) Appointment Reminder and Confirmation 4.) Prescribtion Writer 5.) Medical Billing system 6.) Change Capture 7.) Eligibilty Vertication 8.) Referral Management 9.) Laboratory Order Integration 10.) Patient Portal THE PATIENT AND THE EMR Expect hesitation and reluctance from patients NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND THE EMR 1.) eye contact 2.) maintain timely communication with the patient 3.)make sure that the patient understands instrutions by wating body languge sigals NATIONWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK Developed to provide a secure, national, interoperable health information infrastucture that will connect providers, comsumers, and others in supporting health care services BACKUP SYSTEMS FOR THE EMR 1.) External hard drive 2.)full server back up 3.)online back up system,s Differences between Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records EMR AND EHR An EMR contains the standard medical and clinical data gathered in one provider's office. Electronic health records (EHRs) go beyond the data collected in the provider's office and include a more comprehensive patient history. GOALS OF NHIN 1.) Development of capabilities for standards based secure data exchange nationwide 2.) improvemet of the coordition of care information among hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, pharamacies, other providers 3.) ensure appropraite information is available at the time and place of care 4.) ensure that consumer's health information is secure and confidential 5.) give consumers new capability for managing and controlling personal health records 5.) reducing risks the delivery of appropriate, evidence based medical medical care 6.) Lowering healthcare cost resulting from ineffiencies medical errors, and incomplete patient information ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE EMR 1.) never delete a previous entry 2.) never change an entry after intials are attached 3.) make a new entry to correct the errors 4.) note intitials and date of change PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI) any information about health status, provision of health care or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual patient REQUIREMENTS OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 1.) agencies are to implement onteroperable systems as current systems are upgraded 2.) provides and payers with whom agencies do business will also implement interoperable systems 3.) prices paid to benefits will be avialable both to benefits and the public ( if the agencychooses) 4.) agencies and providers will part icicpate in the development of health care services and treatments 5.) agencies and providers will develop apporoaches that encourage high quality and efficient health care services Core Capability of NHIN 1.) ability to find and retreive health care information with and between oragnizations 2.) ability to deliver a summarized patient record to support patient care and to support the patients health 3.) ability to support consumer preferences regarding the change of his or her information inculding the ability to choose not to participate in th the NHIN 4.) support secure information exchange 5.) support of a common trust agreement that establishes the obligations and assurances to which NHIN participate agree 6.) ability to match patients to their data with out a national pateints identifier 7.) support of harmonized standards among all entities and network THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND THE EMR 1.) dailey use of the emr should become second nature 2.) remain open to change and willing to learn 3.) set a good example for other employees 4.) encourage other staff members during training 5.) be patient