Electronic Health Records System Case Study
What are the problems in this case?
The problem is financial mismanagement whereby there is higher consumption. This is very an understandable because there have been 30% more consumed in office supplies, a 25% increase in staff and 23% of the purchased medical supplies discarded for their expiration.
What are the possible causes and contributing factors of each problem?
The cause of the problem is the increase in the staff expenses, pharmacy management and office supplies. I think the factors include the misuse of the office supplies, and more staff members’ expectations like happy hours, picnics or other staff activities. On the other side, the other cause of the problem is the Pharmacy Mismanagement. In my opinion, the pharmacist should not order the store while there are remains. Knowing that there were medicines in the store, they should not have ordered more until the whole quantity was to be used.
How can these problems impact the Medical Offices and its patients?
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One of the reasons, is that Evidence, Based Management bases on factual evidence, especially from the research conducted, (Walshe, n.d). In addition to the scenario, the research was conducted and found that the system is expensive and that it requires extensive trainings. Evidence Based Management holds its foundation in conducting research in order to understand the nature of problems and find proper ways of approaching them (Walshe, n.d). In addition, Dr David Sackett, talked about this concept as making decisions based on the latest and best knowledge of what actually works (Pfeffer, 2006). This is what has taken place as the hospital sought to know what the system would require in terms of money, and other considerations like extensive trainings. Moreover, the hospital knows the importance of the system as accessing patients’ data and quickening
The problem is financial mismanagement whereby there is higher consumption. This is very an understandable because there have been 30% more consumed in office supplies, a 25% increase in staff and 23% of the purchased medical supplies discarded for their expiration.
What are the possible causes and contributing factors of each problem?
The cause of the problem is the increase in the staff expenses, pharmacy management and office supplies. I think the factors include the misuse of the office supplies, and more staff members’ expectations like happy hours, picnics or other staff activities. On the other side, the other cause of the problem is the Pharmacy Mismanagement. In my opinion, the pharmacist should not order the store while there are remains. Knowing that there were medicines in the store, they should not have ordered more until the whole quantity was to be used.
How can these problems impact the Medical Offices and its patients?
The …show more content…
One of the reasons, is that Evidence, Based Management bases on factual evidence, especially from the research conducted, (Walshe, n.d). In addition to the scenario, the research was conducted and found that the system is expensive and that it requires extensive trainings. Evidence Based Management holds its foundation in conducting research in order to understand the nature of problems and find proper ways of approaching them (Walshe, n.d). In addition, Dr David Sackett, talked about this concept as making decisions based on the latest and best knowledge of what actually works (Pfeffer, 2006). This is what has taken place as the hospital sought to know what the system would require in terms of money, and other considerations like extensive trainings. Moreover, the hospital knows the importance of the system as accessing patients’ data and quickening