The impact of implementing EHR’s in hospital and ambulatory care settings has been studied, but little research has been done on implementing EHR’s in the home care settings. As demand for home care services increases to support the health care needs of the aging population, more home health agencies in the United States our implementing electronic health records, to have better quality records for their patients. Good communication regarding patient data, their status, and care plans is essential for ensuring efficiency in quality of patient care and patient safety. The EHR will assist in facilitating better documentation in the areas of care plans, patient …show more content…
This is known as empowering employees. Empowering of employees makes the employee feel that they are important and that their ideas and concerns do make a difference to the facility. Empowering of employees will make for an easier transition to the EHR, more pride in the quality of their work, thus an increase in productivity and …show more content…
It also is selecting the right EHR for the right facility. A Mercedes is not needed if a Ford will produce the same results in all areas, security, and ease of usability, limited technical issues, and vendor support. An electronic medical record can be quite costly but the better health outcomes and quality of data are worth the expense. What is the cost of saving one life that you have been entrusted with in ensuring the patient’s life and well being?