HCS 483: Implementing Electronic Health Records
Implementing Electronic Health Records
Health Care Information Systems
HCS 483
August 17, 2013
Implementing Electronic Health Records
In the move toward electronic health records for patient’s there are obstacles that have to be addressed, procedures implemented into the process, and security maintained at the highest level.
Electronic Health Records
Electronic health records (EHR) are often confused in terminology with electronic medical records and the two are vastly different with only a few similarities. Electronic medical records are the culmination of medical information of patients in one office. Electronic health records are designed to follow the patient wherever they receive care to build a complete history of care, treatment, and diagnoses to allow accurate care. EHR’s design is to be shared with any provider, health care system or organization, and ancillary provider to easily share the patient’s health history. This culmination of information follows the patient to any facility in town, in the state, or in the country to provide the most effective history on the …show more content…
Hackers can wreak havoc on health records if they are not stored with proper safeguards. Using the electronic health record correctly and within the parameters established is imperative to protecting electronic protected health information (e-PHI). The federal government established the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to establish
“a set of national standards for the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information – often called protected health information (PHI) – by covered entities, as well as standards for providing individuals’ with health information privacy rights and helping individuals understand and control how their health information is used” ("Privacy," n.d., p.
Health Care Information Systems
HCS 483
August 17, 2013
Implementing Electronic Health Records
In the move toward electronic health records for patient’s there are obstacles that have to be addressed, procedures implemented into the process, and security maintained at the highest level.
Electronic Health Records
Electronic health records (EHR) are often confused in terminology with electronic medical records and the two are vastly different with only a few similarities. Electronic medical records are the culmination of medical information of patients in one office. Electronic health records are designed to follow the patient wherever they receive care to build a complete history of care, treatment, and diagnoses to allow accurate care. EHR’s design is to be shared with any provider, health care system or organization, and ancillary provider to easily share the patient’s health history. This culmination of information follows the patient to any facility in town, in the state, or in the country to provide the most effective history on the …show more content…
Hackers can wreak havoc on health records if they are not stored with proper safeguards. Using the electronic health record correctly and within the parameters established is imperative to protecting electronic protected health information (e-PHI). The federal government established the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to establish
“a set of national standards for the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information – often called protected health information (PHI) – by covered entities, as well as standards for providing individuals’ with health information privacy rights and helping individuals understand and control how their health information is used” ("Privacy," n.d., p.