Running head: INFORMATICS NEEDS ASSESSMENT 1 Informatics Needs Assessment for Implementation of Electronic Health Records Cathleen Wallace University of Phoenix HCS/482 John PI‚ MBA January 2‚ 2015 Informatics Needs Assessment for Implementation of Electronic Health Records Implementing a new electronic health records (EHR) system to replace manual records is an extremely complicated task. EHRs use complex algorithms to exchange patient data among different physicians and departments
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Name: Institution: Tutor: Date: Introduction Medical record numbering and filing is the most important tasks in the management of medical information in health care institutions. Well kept and filed medical records enhance effective and efficient collecting‚ recording and retrieval of patient health information whenever required. The patient record care system adopted influence the ease of maintenance and retrieval of medical records. According to the Remote Health Branch of United States
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ELECTRONIC RECORD The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act also known as the HITECH Act is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) which contains incentives related to health care information technology in general and contains specific incentives designed to accelerate the adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems among providers. Because this legislation anticipates a massive expansion in the
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Chapter 3 – Medical Record | History of Present Illness | Patient is a 35 year old male complaining of nausea‚ pyrosis‚ indigestion‚ and melena stool. Patient stated that he has been experiencing abdominal pain that wakes him in the middle of night for over a month. He stated that he normally can drink a glass of milk or baking soda water to relive the pain‚ but this has no longer been effective. | Past Medical History | Patient is a smoker who drinks daily and suffering from obesity.
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Cultural‚ Ethical and Legal Considerations in Psychological Testing Cultural Considerations in Psychological Testing Culture differs in every part of the world and in these differences; psychology addresses the people who take part in the idea of culture and its practices. In psychological testing‚ many issues are raised regarding how such tests are appropriate for different groups of people‚ underlying their traditions‚ races‚ and sex. It has always been a challenge for testing and assessment
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After careful consideration of the lawsuits presented in Chapter 20 of the text‚ this writer chose two lawsuits that violate standards in which important future cases were based upon due to the outcomes of these cases. The first case is that within an employment setting in which testing was used to determine employee performance‚ yet was considered to not be valid or reliable. Griggs vs. Duke Power Company‚ 1971 brought to question if the testing that was being used to hold back African Americans
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America’s current medical recordkeeping system? How would electronic medical records alleviate these problems? The majority of America’s current medical record keeping is paper based which creates a lot of problems like:- a. Recordkeeping became really difficult with growing numbers of patients and their visits to Medical Practitioner. There are shelves full of folders and papers in corridors. b. It makes it difficult to effective communication‚ referring and access to the records. During emergency
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9‚ 2013‚ for Diana Shannon’s M270 Electronic Heath Records and Medical Office Procedures course. With a world that is continually developing new technologies daily‚ the health care world is just one of many places trying to keep up with it. Manual records seem to be a thing of the past these days with more and more facilities switching over to electronic medical records. The few who are hesitant to take the plunge and convert over to electronic medical records may be thinking about the cost of
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Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children “According to statistics presented by the National Interview Survey (2010) there are approximately 7.1 million children in the United States who have asthma.” (U.S. Department
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1.7. Ethical Considerations The researcher will focus on four main areas of ethical consideration‚ which are reliability‚ validity‚ bias‚ and plagiarism to ensure that this research is appropriate‚ precise‚ and harmless to any person concerned. 1.7.1. Reliability According to Iacobucci & Churcill (2009‚ p.201)‚ “data might reflect manipulation‚ contamination caused by inappropriateness‚ confusion‚ or carelessness‚ or concept error”. In order to avoid unreliable sources‚ the researcher will make
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