HCS 320 Week 3: Health Care Communication Process
Anita Torrealba
Week 3- Health care Communication Process
Team D
HCS/320
Healthcare communication process: Electronic Medical Records
Organization: Long-term Care
Electronic medical records are the future of health care. Information is the staple of any health care facility and the ability to speed up a process can only help provide efficient medical care. While we study and see what it takes to implement medical records and its structure in order to provide and organize a patient’s medical information to a medical facility. Implementing electronic medical records in long-term care will help make medical records accessible and efficient for a medical facility while also improving the quality of care for patients. Electronic records have
critical information such as a patient’s medical history, test results and care instruction as well as any prescriptions a patient may be taking or is allergic to reduce potential errors. A patient’s personal information should be kept up to date and constantly updated with all the information to be able to properly diagnose and understand a patient’s condition. Long- Term care relies on the accessibility and reliability of having accurate information for a patient. Medical records are also used by medical facilities to help “study” the patients past medical history and compare whether or not a medication is working and if the patient is getting better or not. Electronic medical records are also an important took in long term care by being able to be accessible to medical facilities all over the world. If a patients is in another city or country and suddenly gets ill, their medical records and be seen immediately to help diagnose a patient and prevent errors in administering any medication that can harm a patient. Another added benefit of electronic medical records is the ability for doctors and nurses to add detailed notes so that everything is properly documented and saved for future reference. Electronic medical records also have the ability to record audio so that doctors and nurses have the ability to make notes and be listened by other medical practitioners.
Week 3- Health care Communication Process
Team D
HCS/320
Healthcare communication process: Electronic Medical Records
Organization: Long-term Care
Electronic medical records are the future of health care. Information is the staple of any health care facility and the ability to speed up a process can only help provide efficient medical care. While we study and see what it takes to implement medical records and its structure in order to provide and organize a patient’s medical information to a medical facility. Implementing electronic medical records in long-term care will help make medical records accessible and efficient for a medical facility while also improving the quality of care for patients. Electronic records have
critical information such as a patient’s medical history, test results and care instruction as well as any prescriptions a patient may be taking or is allergic to reduce potential errors. A patient’s personal information should be kept up to date and constantly updated with all the information to be able to properly diagnose and understand a patient’s condition. Long- Term care relies on the accessibility and reliability of having accurate information for a patient. Medical records are also used by medical facilities to help “study” the patients past medical history and compare whether or not a medication is working and if the patient is getting better or not. Electronic medical records are also an important took in long term care by being able to be accessible to medical facilities all over the world. If a patients is in another city or country and suddenly gets ill, their medical records and be seen immediately to help diagnose a patient and prevent errors in administering any medication that can harm a patient. Another added benefit of electronic medical records is the ability for doctors and nurses to add detailed notes so that everything is properly documented and saved for future reference. Electronic medical records also have the ability to record audio so that doctors and nurses have the ability to make notes and be listened by other medical practitioners.