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    federal government has mandated that all medical records need to be converted to electronic form by 2014. Providers also have to prove their meaningful use of electronic medical records. Starting in 2015‚ Medicare and Medicaid payments will be reduced‚ starting at 1% for not complying with this mandate. Federal grants and funding were made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist health care providers to adopt electronic medical record format. As a result of the mandate there

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    As early as 1972 an electronic medical records system was developed by the Regenstreif Institute. While this was just the beginning of electronic medical records (EMRs)‚ it eventually led to the 1991 recommendation by the Institute of Medicine that every physician should be using computers in their practice by the year 2000 as a means to improve patient care. Currently electronic medical records are widely used and the main form of documentation by nurses. There are many types of EMRs and they

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    Communication Paper - Electronic Medical Records The mode of communication that I will be addressing is Electronic Medical Records. There are several different benefits with this type of communication. According to "Center for Studying Health System Change" (2013)‚ “Physicians can focus on the patient and engage in real-time decision making rather than spending time pulling information from a variety of paper sources. They can take full advantage of communication with the patient‚ and also

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    Comparing Various Electronic Medical Records Medical Information and Office Practice: HIT 113 Research Project # Student ID # March 7‚ 2011 The implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) into our lives is coming full tilt. There are enormous amounts of pros and cons involved in the concept and execution of pursuing this action. As a health information management professional‚ the impact of this will affect my career. However‚ it is not the purpose of this research assignment to

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    Introduction Health Informatics or Medical Informatics is the intersection of information science‚ computer science‚ and health care. Health Informatics offers resources‚ devices‚ and methods required to optimize the acquisition‚ storage‚ retrieval‚ and use of information in health and biomedicine. The applicable areas would be nursing‚ clinical care‚ dentistry‚ pharmacy‚ public health‚ and bio medical research. Electronic health information systems are the science that addresses

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    Computerized patient records are one of the newest technologies that the medical field is using. With this technology it’s helping the physicians by being able to see more patients every day other than sitting at a desk filling out paper patient medical records after each patient visit. With the computerized patient records it gives the physician more time to visit with the patients and to see more each day which helps with the patient retention results in the office when it comes to that time

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    confidentiality of birth records‚ a desire to further educate the American public on the option of adoption‚ and the struggle to uniform state regulations regarding adoption. Adoption is "the legal process which creates the status of parent and child between individuals who are not each other’s biological parent or

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    PRO’S AND CON’S OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS Gina Anderson Rasmussen College Turning assignment into medical office procedures‚ 1/24/13 An electronic Medical Records (EMRs) system is a rapid and efficient method to preserve critical medical information. Electronic Medical Records are compelling they can make healthcare more efficient and less expensive and it will improve the quality of care by making patients medical history easily accessible to all who treat them

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    Where’s My Chart? Ametra Heard HCA417: Electronic Medical Records Instructor Karen Bakuzonis June 9‚ 2014 Where’s My Chart? The changes in medical records have altered tremendously over the past decade. The most significant change was the merging of paper medical records to electronic medical records. However‚ there is still room for necessary improvement and upgrades. Electronic Medical Records are thought to improve certain areas in the deliverance of healthcare services. With current

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    Despite the growth of computer technology in medicine‚ most medical encounters are still documented on paper medical records. The electronic medical record has numerous documented benefits‚ yet its use is still sparse. This paper describes the state of electronic medical records‚ their advantage over existing paper records‚ the problems impeding their implementation‚ and concerns over their security and confidentiality. The provision of medical care is an information-intensive activity. Yet in an era

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