Electronics

There are many definitions of an Electronic medical Records (EMR) based on many researchers all over the world. According to the Peter Chris Okpala which is one of the author that write an article about electronic medical records (EMR) , an electronic medical records (EMR) is a system that have been used in healthcare sectors in Malaysia. The terms of electronic medical records is a computerized medical records which is can be accesed with the concerned of patient privacy. It is also defined as…

Over the past decade, various industries have become more and more computerized. This includes the health care industry with Electronic Health Records (EHR). EHR’s make health care delivery more functional than ever. Menachemi and Collum (2011), tell us that EHR’s include patient demographics, progress notes, current problems, medications, and vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory and radiology data. Over a lifetime, a patient’s data accumulates in a variety of…

Electronic Data Interchange is an electronic communication method that delivers standards for exchanging data by electronic means. EDI has a set of standards that requires that any patient health information must be in EDI standards from one computer to another. The rules are different types of trades that are covered under HIPAA. According to the article HIPAA: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Rule, “Electronic transactions such as health care claims, claims status and remittance advices (RA),…

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Suwon, South Korea. Through extremely complicated ownership structure with some circular ownership, it is the flagship division of the Samsung Group, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012. It is the world's second largest information technology company by revenue, after Apple..Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 80 countries and employs around 370,000 people.…

Today many healthcare organizations face challenges regarding the maintenance of documentation integrity in their electronic healthcare records (EHR). Accuracy in documentation is critical for a healthcare organization as it seeks to provide high-quality care for its patients. An electronic health record (EHR), as well as current health information technology (HIT) is important to a healthcare organization in order to provide care that is efficient and safer for its patients. Through accurately…

Current State Evaluation Electronic Medical Record In the early 1990s the Institute of Medicine (IOM) started lobbying the health care community to consider embracing the use of the electronic medical record (EMR) as standard practice (Haupt, 2011). IOM’s premise for EMR usage included improve health care by increasing safety and efficiency thereby promoting overall better quality of care. Initially, health care systems were excited about the idea of having patient’s information readily…

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 Health Records Article Overview The article that I chose to analyze discusses upcoming changes with the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) requirements due to the overall cost. I selected this particular article because cost seems to be playing a major factor for our office and making the decision to purchase an EHR program. It is evident that the one priority with mandating physicians and hospitals to implement EHRs into their facility was to simplify tasks while improving the…

Electronic Health Record (EHR) can definitely transform the way care is delivered to a patient. As more healthcare facilities, including hospitals and private practices, move towards the use of EHR, the benefits will increase to both patients and practitioners. It is much easier to retrieve or track patient specific medical information using EHR than to use paper records. Many paper records are written in illegible handwriting and missing different types of information. One study showed…

An electronic health record (EHR) is a computerized aggregate of a patient’s official health record that is to be made directly available to multiple authorized agencies and practitioners. It is much more than just a collection; rather it is an efficient approach of sharing digitally organized information of the patients across the health care providers and organization. This digitized system is intended to prop up the goals of Population Health Management (PHM) i.e. to enhance the quality of…