Clinical Information Systems
When coming from a nursing background, which spanned over 35 years, I find it difficult to discuss at “least one influence of Clinical Information System on healthcare delivery.” I find it tempting to pontificate upon the many years of transcribing physician’s orders. Prior to computerized physician-order entry (CPOE), transcribing physician orders was an often futile, time consuming event, which required interpreting illegible handwriting, checks, double and triple checks, and finally tracking down the physician who wrote the order by telephone, awaiting hours for their return call, and getting reprimanded for bothering them, while your patient was waiting for their new treatment, and the family is disturbed with the nurse for the physicians failure to clarify orders in a timely fashion. But I digress. …show more content…
Certainly, from my point of view CPOE has greatly improved the entry of physician orders, holds the physician accountable for errors, and eliminates the second and third person risk of order errors, and speeds up the process as the physician can prescribe right at the bed side, or in the doctor’s examination room, on an appropriate electronic device. Likewise, Electronic Health Records (EHR) has also improved the processes of health care delivery, as it streamlined storage, improved efficiency and organization of information, provides immediate access to information (charts do not have to be looked up by medical records clerks), it supports the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care, and is said to be leading to major cost savings, reduced medical errors, and improved health (Shi & Singh, 2013). Which brings us to Technology
When coming from a nursing background, which spanned over 35 years, I find it difficult to discuss at “least one influence of Clinical Information System on healthcare delivery.” I find it tempting to pontificate upon the many years of transcribing physician’s orders. Prior to computerized physician-order entry (CPOE), transcribing physician orders was an often futile, time consuming event, which required interpreting illegible handwriting, checks, double and triple checks, and finally tracking down the physician who wrote the order by telephone, awaiting hours for their return call, and getting reprimanded for bothering them, while your patient was waiting for their new treatment, and the family is disturbed with the nurse for the physicians failure to clarify orders in a timely fashion. But I digress. …show more content…
Certainly, from my point of view CPOE has greatly improved the entry of physician orders, holds the physician accountable for errors, and eliminates the second and third person risk of order errors, and speeds up the process as the physician can prescribe right at the bed side, or in the doctor’s examination room, on an appropriate electronic device. Likewise, Electronic Health Records (EHR) has also improved the processes of health care delivery, as it streamlined storage, improved efficiency and organization of information, provides immediate access to information (charts do not have to be looked up by medical records clerks), it supports the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care, and is said to be leading to major cost savings, reduced medical errors, and improved health (Shi & Singh, 2013). Which brings us to Technology