Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations Sheena Eisen H. Adrados Chamberlain College of Nursing Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations Over the past decade‚ virtually every major industry invested heavily in computerization. The heath care industry was no exception to the rise in the use of technology. These technologies are starting to allow health care practitioners to offer faster‚ and more efficient patient care than ever
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hospitals. The federal government has turned to certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to help facilitate the process of broadening health IT infrastructures. The federal government views EHR system used in meaningful ways as the key to reforming the healthcare systems. Meaningful use of the EHR systems can also improve the overall quality of healthcare‚ insure patient safety‚ as well as reduce the cost of healthcare to individuals (Bigalke & Morris‚ 2010‚ p. 116). The responsibility of employing
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preventative health care with the call for personalized nutrition plans. As a profession‚ RD’s‚ are not be accustom to the spot light and the organizations representing the profession have not been organized in their leadership. The problem exists of how to use these scientific advancements to better position the profession in the health care industry. This has created a need for a new set of skills and a clearer vision for the profession. It also calls for RD’s to get creative in networking and marketing
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the Act potentially reduces the quality of the care given to the patient due to the increased burdens placed on providers. Providers must purchase Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology and comply with Meaningful Use (1). Initially providers are compensated for participating in Meaningful Use‚ however‚ the ultimate end result is providers are penalized if the 15 Core Measures for which they attest to are not met. Although the stimulus money can provide a gain in the beginning‚ what happens when
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Running Head: MEANINGFUL USE 1 Meaningful Use Ashlina Singh Carrington College MA 40 Neumann May 30‚ 2016 MEANINGFUL USE 2 Meaningful use is when using certified electronic health record technology to improve quality‚ safety‚ efficiency‚ and reduce health disparities. Electronic health record is patient’s history‚ that is maintained by the provider over time‚ and may include all of the key administrative clinical
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Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology in a Primary Care Practice Kristin Rinn University of Colorado Denver School of Nursing Leaders in health care have two fundamental goals. The first is to provide high quality‚ evidence based patient care. The second is to be active engagers in the transformation of the health care delivery system. The ability to measure the quality of patient care efficiency and accurately to make the right decisions for the patient is the inherent goal of the
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Meaningful use (MU) is using approved electronic health records (EHRs) for better patient outcome. Jha (2010) stated on July 13‚ 2010‚ the Department of Health and Human Services released the final criteria defining “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs). The purpose of this rule was to make sure hat over 700‚000 clinicians and 5000 acute care hospitals use EHRs to upgrade the care of clinicians; this effort came with a $30 billion dollar reward. The main goal of meaning use was to
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through Medicare and Medicaid for clinicians and hospitals that have switched to the use of the EHR (Blumenthal‚ 2010). The goal of HITECH is not only for them to adopt the EHR‚ but also create “meaningful use”. The secretary of health and human services develops specific “meaningful use” objectives. The core objectives are basic functions that allow the EHR to
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utilize electronic health records in a meaningful way. This paper will analyze the impact of meaningful use on nurses‚ nursing‚ national policy‚ patient outcomes and population health followed by recommendations for additional criteria that could be added for the improvement of Meaningful Use. Overview of Meaningful Use According to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report as many as 98‚000 people die each year from medical errors (IOM‚ 1999). Meaningful use of EHRs was implemented with the goal of
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Nursing Implications For individuals that are in the pre listing stage of liver transplants one main aspect to address is educating the patient and the family. One of the main nursing interventions is teaching patients and their family the importance of abstinence from both alcohol and tobacco if it is used. The continued use of alcohol can cause worsening condition of the patient’s current liver in addition to being a reason as to why the patient is no longer eligible for liver transplant (NIDDK
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