Electronic health record

Predictive Analysis of Health Care Data using SPARK Vengamamba Pachava Computer Information Systems University of Houston – Clear Lake Houston, Texas Pachavav2901@uhcl.edu Abstract—the main objective of this research is to provide a thorough review on how to handle the rapid growth of health care data using Apache Spark framework. Healthcare data is not very structured and unique. This data is more diversified and complex and using linear analysis techniques on it is not helpful.…

Vendor Qualifications: Over the course of ten years medical facility replace their current electronic health record (EHR) system. New survey from well-known agencies advice medical facility on their current EHR process, over twelve percent of healthcare information technology firm would love to replace their current EHR. Replacement of any EHR can be costly; research has shown that the process can cause financial or organizational restraints. Forty-four percent of surveyed medical entities are…

Electronic medical records (EMR) are essentially electronic versions of the paper medical record. EMRs allow for an electronic record which creates, gathers, manages and stores the health information of an individual within a health system (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], n.d.). The EMR for a health system will store the records for all of the patients they serve, but each individual patient has a record which is held within that system. Despite numerous health systems…

doctor’s filing cabinet. The precise medical documentation of our medical history is inputted into an EMR (Electronic Medical Record). An EMR is the actual software that allows patient medical data to be inputted, stored and communicated and has been in use for over ten years. It appears that Electronic Medical Records are here to stay, as they are being mandated by the government (USF Health, 2014). Even though EMRs cause a lot of frustration to physicians (De, 2014) there are a lot of…

The main goal of medical record is to document systematically appropriate medical records or health information about patients, as well as diagnosis and treatment of diseases, those who have experienced domestic violence, victims of elder and child abuse, workplace accident victims, as well as personal injury petitioners. Recently medical records have been radically transformed, the traditional paper medical records such as handwritten or typed has become electronically enhanced. This has been…

implementation in order to achieve more effective care processes. Nursing leadership is the representation of the nursing staff as a whole. They are there to make sure that implementation of the system streamlines the workflow process. This will improve health outcomes and reduce duplication of nursing efforts. This will also alleviate the strain of not having nursing input when the EHR implementations are being done. Nurses are the central hub of information in healthcare. Nurses interact and…

to manage our time better and increase our productivity. Health field is one of the rapidly growing field when it comes about technology. With so many computer programs specially designed for health field, liability of medical stuff and physicians takes less effort now to complete patient’s records with high percentage of quality, accuracy, accessibility, and consistency. Transition from manual medical record to electronic medical record is a processes that will improve security and flexibility…

diapers for children as well as many others. The services continue to grow on a yearly basis with one of the most important of them being that of mental health and substance abuse treatment to the population. As such, the requirements for all clients receiving any type of mental health or substance abuse treatment is that a client/patient record be kept for them. The agency has kept paper files for all clients since the agency opened its doors in 1922. The…

funding based on their services. These services include health, dental, mental, and substance abuse, and are currently provided though six different facility locations in Missouri. Access Family Care began in 1995, when diminishing state funding for health programs began causing concerns for the Department of Health Administrators of Barry, McDonald, and Newton counties. Due to these concerns, a grant proposal was designed and would provide health care for all residents of these counties…

certificate in Health Information Management, I began working as a transcriptionist for a small psychiatric practice. In this position I was responsible for covering the front desk and transcribing dictated reports. I remained in this position for about four months before moving to Seattle later that year. Upon my return to Seattle, I worked for about a year with Good Samaritan Mental Health Services as a front office receptionist and I was also responsible for maintaining the medical…