Electronic Health Records The electronic health records fits seamlessly with a central cost-saving of health care reform: to shift U.S. health care from an expensive‚ pay-per-service system based on quantity to one that emphasizes quality. The goal now is to have medical payments reward good care -- in a way that’s difficult to do with paper records. "You really can’t have accountable care without electronic records‚" says Judy Hanover‚ a research director for IDC Health Insights‚ a health care
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Queensland State Archives Guideline for the planning of an electronic Document and Records Management System (eDRMS) August 2010 Document details Security Classification Authority Author Document Status Version PUBLIC Queensland State Archives Queensland State Archives Final Version Version 1.1 Contact for enquiries All enquiries regarding this document should be directed to: Manager‚ Policy and Research Unit Queensland State Archives 07 3131 7777 info@archives.qld.gov.au www.archives
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student will discuss the national mandate of electronic health records (EHR)‚ and how this mandate is being implemented at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Also discussed are how Cleveland Clinic is progressing to achieve EHR‚ and what challenges this brings to patient confidentiality and self-determination. Lastly this student will provide information on the benefits of EHR in healthcare. According to Gunter & Terry (2005)‚ “The electronic health record (EHR) is an evolving concept defined as a
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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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An Electronic Document and Records System (EDRS) is a computer program (or set of programs) used to track and store records. The term is distinguished from imaging and document management systems that specialize in paper capture and document management respectively. ERS systems commonly provide specialized security and auditing functionality tailored to the needs of records managers. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has endorsed the U.S. Department of Defense standard 5015
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Over the past five decades healthcare record keeping has been evolving. In order to protect patient ’s records and encourage healthcare providers to keep up with current technology trends several federal agencies have been developed. As a result of these agency formations several laws and regulations have been put into place. The development of healthcare information technology (HIT)‚ and subsequently the rules and regulations‚ began to evolve in the 1960 ’s with the development of Medicare and
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Computer-based patient records is a system in which its function are becoming an essential technology for health care in part because the information management challenges were being faced by health care professionals that are increasing daily. The system stores data regarding additional medical information records in a relational database. Most published studies to date have been in the area of keeping the records safety. The database is a general setting of compiling not only the records of the patients
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Related Studies 3.1.1 A Study of Electronic Records Management in the Namibian Public Service in the Context of E-Government In striving to achieve good governance‚ organizations including Governments worldwide have been turning to information technologies. The conduct of business online has led to an increase in the creation of electronic records‚ which has brought about challenges in the management of records. This study‚ titled “A Study of Electronic Records Management in the Namibian Public
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Electronic Records Langemo (1995) describe records as the memory of the organization‚ the raw material for decision making‚ and the basic for legal defensibility. Meanwhile Gagnon (1987) defines records from the functional standpoint when he says all recorded information regardless of media or characteristic‚ made or received and maintained by an organization or institution in pursuance of its legal obligations or in the transaction of business. However‚ Clubb (1991) admits that it was relatively
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Electronic Medical Records and Confidentiality Issues Abstract Electronic Medical Records save health care facilities thousands of dollars every year‚ and this accounts for the cost of the electronic system itself! Major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Louisiana‚ showcase the benefits of the electronic medical record system. Electronic medical records are stored throughout the country so that if a tragic/unplanned event occurred‚ it won’t destroy the health care
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