Introduction
The purpose of an Electronic health record (EHR) is to collect data from your doctor’s office. Electronic health records (EHRs) are more than just a way to collect data from your provider’s office; it is also a way to have a complete history of the patient. Electronic health records were made to share your personal information between your doctors. An electronic medical record (EMR) is an electronic capture of your chart, which contains all of your medical history that is from your primary care physician. An electronic health record is commonly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. Here lies the problem that I would like to bring to your attention. Electronic health records should be shared throughout the country and …show more content…
All interactions between the physician and patient are recorded. The history typically contains the patient’s reason for coming into the office, past medical history, social history, family history, other symptoms unrelated to the present illness. These various components of the records are often maintained in different locations. Each physician’s office is likely to keep its own records of information and test results ordered at that office. All of a patient’s hospital records are likely to be kept at the hospital where treatment was given. The medical record serves a number of other purposes; it is used to show that a patient was seen or a test was given so that the physician can be paid accordingly by the insurance company or government agency. In addition, the medical record serves as a legal record in the event of claims due to malpractice or occupational injury. In recent years, the medical record has taken on new purposes. With the rising cost of medical insurance, the physician’s office has to give not only quality of care, but quantity of care also. This activity has taken on increasing importance with the growth of managed care, which requires that physician decisions be justified as well necessary. Another area of use has been in decision support, where physicians are asked to justify the need for tests, or …show more content…
My paper shows some reasons that there is such a low adoption rate for the use of Electronic health records among physicians. Enforcing an EMR system clearly affects the workflow in a medical office. However, EMR enforcement is a major change. It demands adjustments in other areas of the practice. These findings may be used to see the barriers administrators may see with the implementation of the Electronic health records. When implementing the changeover, the government should be aware of the financial cost per practice, and the legal aspects of the transition. I also suggest that medical personnel may be more helpful to the people who have to implement the Electronic health records system, it if not realistic to say that one size fits all, there are many different systems that are needed and different was to record information, but it should all be implemented by managers, who choose what systems are relevant based on the actual situations and conditions of each office. At the same time, they should consider the conditions and size of the practice for which they will be
The purpose of an Electronic health record (EHR) is to collect data from your doctor’s office. Electronic health records (EHRs) are more than just a way to collect data from your provider’s office; it is also a way to have a complete history of the patient. Electronic health records were made to share your personal information between your doctors. An electronic medical record (EMR) is an electronic capture of your chart, which contains all of your medical history that is from your primary care physician. An electronic health record is commonly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. Here lies the problem that I would like to bring to your attention. Electronic health records should be shared throughout the country and …show more content…
All interactions between the physician and patient are recorded. The history typically contains the patient’s reason for coming into the office, past medical history, social history, family history, other symptoms unrelated to the present illness. These various components of the records are often maintained in different locations. Each physician’s office is likely to keep its own records of information and test results ordered at that office. All of a patient’s hospital records are likely to be kept at the hospital where treatment was given. The medical record serves a number of other purposes; it is used to show that a patient was seen or a test was given so that the physician can be paid accordingly by the insurance company or government agency. In addition, the medical record serves as a legal record in the event of claims due to malpractice or occupational injury. In recent years, the medical record has taken on new purposes. With the rising cost of medical insurance, the physician’s office has to give not only quality of care, but quantity of care also. This activity has taken on increasing importance with the growth of managed care, which requires that physician decisions be justified as well necessary. Another area of use has been in decision support, where physicians are asked to justify the need for tests, or …show more content…
My paper shows some reasons that there is such a low adoption rate for the use of Electronic health records among physicians. Enforcing an EMR system clearly affects the workflow in a medical office. However, EMR enforcement is a major change. It demands adjustments in other areas of the practice. These findings may be used to see the barriers administrators may see with the implementation of the Electronic health records. When implementing the changeover, the government should be aware of the financial cost per practice, and the legal aspects of the transition. I also suggest that medical personnel may be more helpful to the people who have to implement the Electronic health records system, it if not realistic to say that one size fits all, there are many different systems that are needed and different was to record information, but it should all be implemented by managers, who choose what systems are relevant based on the actual situations and conditions of each office. At the same time, they should consider the conditions and size of the practice for which they will be