Health informatics

Hello professor and Class A health care information system is described as the use of computer programs to facilitate the delivery of health care. Electronic medical charting has increased the accuracy and proliferate the productivity of nursing documentation, eliminated redundancy, and fosters the analysis of clinical data. The ability to retrieve nursing data quickly, promotes decision-making at all levels of health care delivery, reduce errors of omission and enhance the ability to track…

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 boosted through hard drives, back up tapes, CD’s, and DVD’S. The health care…

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009 was established to promote electronic medical record (EMR) adoption and electronic health information exchange. Furthermore, incentives and penalties were fixed to invoke health organizations to install EMR programs and achieve meaningful use standards set forth by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Overall, the HITECH Act and Meaningful use standards were created to improve quality of…

Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Outline In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in efforts to modernize and use health care technology in a meaningful way (Huryk, 2012). As a result, there has been a dramatic shift in the way nurses care for patients at the bedside. With the introduction of the electronic health record (EHR), bedside nurses have been challenged with adopting new technology and workflows. In the…

Objective 1: Specific telemedicine software will be selected, and implemented based on the needs of the community and health care system. Needs will be assessed through surveys from patients, providers and members of the healthcare team, one year before implementation of telemedicine. Rationale Informatics strategies -Surveys will be created to be compatible with desktop, tablet-type computer platforms, and hand-held devices. -Surveys will also be mailed to people in the community as many…

She is an Alumni of Grand Canyon University with her Master’s in the Science of Nursing with an emphasis in Health Care Informatics. At MGMC, she is the Clinical Architect for the Cerner system. This title enables her to tailor the system to the needs and wants of the staff along with the knowledge to troubleshoot. She started her nursing career in labor and delivery as…

babies to dealing with heart attacks, doctors have developed technology and improved techniques.An increasingly sophisticated health technology definitely does not come cheap. People have to understand that all first world national healthcare systems face a range of challenges; one of which is the ageing population. People are living longer. This means an increased health needs but the working population generating income to pay for healthcare system is reduced. So one consideration would be, is…

Most of these jobs are in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, physician offices and clinics where the processing and management of data is required. Students can go on to become medical coders, medical records technicians, health information technicians, documentation specialists or coding specialists. Continuing your studies and earning Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in the field can also expand your career outlook. Students with these type of degrees often go on to work…

are split between two distinctive groups: Analysts and Health Information Management Specialists. The Analyst’s purpose is to analyze medical records for completeness in order to provide an accurate and complete medical record for patient encounters. The Health Information Management Specialists is to ensure patient records are obtainable by filing loose or batched information on patients. The functions are different for each group as well. Health Information Management Specialists essential…

Administration Records Affect on Patient Safety In today’s society it is excepted to receive exemplary quality care when admitted to a healthcare facility. This means that the patient is to receive safe and effective care from the nurse and interdisciplinary health care team, with the goal of obtaining positive patient outcomes. These goals can be partially obtained with the use of the advancements in information technology. Information technology has the potential to increase patient safety,…