Health Systems Quality Paper

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, mandated that healthcare providers complete the three stages of “meaningful use” incentive criteria; showing compliance which is validated by quality data. A summary of the stages: 1) implement electronic health records (EHRs); clinical data electronically available and giving patients electronic versions of their health information; 2) utilize health information technology (HIT) to enhance quality patient care; 3) interoperability and sharing of quality data (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2016). The main intention of the HITECH Act was to leverage the use of health information technology to improve the quality of care (Mack, Zhang, Douglas, Sow, Strothers, & Rust, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to address health systems quality, explain the importance of quality in planning and implementing health management information systems (HMIS), identify and synthesize findings of 5 peer-reviewed articles about health systems quality, and assess the implications of laws, regulations and ethics for health systems quality.
Health Systems Quality The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and HITECH Act have an underlying focus of enhancing the quality of …show more content…
Concepts discussed include, the importance of integrating quality measures into the IT design, challenges of creating health information systems which support quality assurance, and foundational principles affecting health information systems: training, team work, feedback, leadership, and stability of the organization. In theory, HIS will positively impact overall healthcare quality, but it is yet to be determined conclusively; it takes six to eleven years for profitable benefits to be