I believe, EHRs would improve data collection, especially if the healthcare is using “meaningful use”; which is a certified EHR technology; however, EHR is more focused on the patient’s total health and does not include all needed data. “When designing data collection efforts, quality improvement teams need to maintain a balanced perspective of the process of care by collecting data in all four categories: clinical quality, financial performance, patient satisfaction, and functional status” (Joshi, Ransom, Nash, & Ransom, 2014, p.113). Patient’s satisfactory have to be done separately to have a complete measurement set. Electronic medical record (EMR) is considered as “the most accurate method of data collection” (Joshi, Ransom, Nash, & Ransom,
