Cheryl Fahrenholz Chapter 3 Summary

Cheryl Fahrenholz throughout chapter 3 discusses various laws and acts that govern electronic health records and the principal functions that they provide. I picked five of these terms that I believe are the most important. Case management, Credentialing, informed consent, health record and performance improvement.
Case-management is one of the most vital parts of any clinical faciality as it is through these individuals that the goals and livelihood of the patient are heard and responded to with corrective measures. The book describes this as an “ongoing review of clinical care conducted” safeguarding the patient against any treatment that is not in their best care (Fahrenholz, page 78 chapter 3). They also handle the transferring of a patient to other facilities and ensure that their insurance information is correctly documented. Mitigating costs of potentially very costly medical facilities that may be necessary for their health and wellbeing.
Performance improvement blends with case-management to help produce effective positive results in the hospital workplace. Employees of clinical offices receive performance
It verifies that the applicant’s degrees and doctoral program, residency and current state where licenses are held for practicing medicine are legitimate. Doing this limits the amount of damaging behavior done to patients which can be attributed to lack of experience, education or both. Which is important considering doctors are considered to a large degree their own supervisors on the floor. And every decision they make regarding a patient must be done accurately and sometimes hastily. So, it is important that when these snap choices are made, that the right individual is deciding them (Fahrenholz, page 89, chapter