Medical informatics

1. Which K 's, S 's, and A 's (one each for Safety and Informatics) pertain to the care you provided to the patient/situation you have chosen? Why? K (safety)- Describe best practices that promote patient and provider safety in the practice specialty. S (safety)- Communicate observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families, and the health care team. A (safety)- Value own role in reporting and preventing errors. During one of my preceptorships the facility 's…

What is Access Family Care you may wonder? Access is a community-based organization that provides preventive and primary care services to all persons in need, regardless of financial situations. Their mission is to provide primary healthcare to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured Americans. By doing so, Access Family Care is considered an FQHC, and receives federal funding based on their services. These services include health, dental, mental, and substance abuse, and are currently provided…

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 owned…

revisions to the coding which provides more detail of the patient such as what side of the body such as left or right or the direction of the area such as superior or anterior. By providing a precise location of what injury, this would minimize the medical errors in the field whether…

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center (MGMC) in Gilbert, Arizona is the focus facility of this interview summary. An interview was requested from a “Clinical Architect” from MGMC and the focus was on the newly implemented charting system and all that went along in that process. Some points of discussion were on software issues, security problems, interoperability dilemmas, and government regulations. Background Mercy Gilbert Medical Center opened in 2006 and houses 198 beds complete with an Emergency…

and purpose of medical record remains, where physicians’ now type and narrate notes. “The EMR can help bridge gaps between science and practice and reserve valuable human resources for clinical tasks that cannot be performed by a computer”. (Vrieze et al, 2013) History…

Health information technology (HIT) is changing rapidly, affecting how clinicians in ambulatory care practice medicine. Electronic health records (EHRs) permit electronic documentation of current and historical health, tests, referrals, and medical treatments as well as enabling practitioners to order tests and medications electronically. EHR systems have the potential to improve communication between physicians and patients by making data more readily available. At the same time, the…

services is due to the old practice of manual medical record system. Have you heard the news about a husband who died of heart blockage because of error in handling ECG report? A teenager almost died because of the physician’s negligence by prescribing a common antibiotic, which the former had an overdose. A case of mistaken identity had cost a six year old child because of a DNR order intended for another kid. Medical negligence could have been prevented if medical professionals adopt the open…

comprehensive patient medical information that is easily retrievable for patients, healthcare providers, and healthcare payers. To impact the quality of US healthcare, patient information must be captured, updated, and shared with all stakeholders in a timely and effective manner to not only ensure universal access to quality data, but also to extend essential information to key clinical decision makers. For EBM to be successful, developers must devise standards for medical records, including…

We Can But Dare We? Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 360: Information Systems in Healthcare Olubusola Oladipo We Can But Dare We? The social media is designed to be a platform for communication, entertainment and education where people come together to share information, get in touch with old friends and family members, and learn new trends like fashion, watch videos, and get educated on specific information. “Social media are defined as “a group of Internet-based applications…