Records management

In today's society we have the use for technology is different aspects of our lives. We use technology in our personal life, as well as for our careers. Most industries use technology as a way to run their business in a professional and proficient manner. Today I researched on what impact technology has for Medical Coding and Billing. Medical billing process has changed a lot over the years. Before, billing was a laborious procedure and bills had to be submitted through email. Whereas,…

“Widespread meaningful use of fully functional electronic health records (EHRs) combined with a robust infrastructure for broad-base health information exchange can improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare for all Americans” (Blumenthal, 2010). The EHR is an effective communication system that is designed…

Electronic Medication 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…

You slowly trample into a classroom, and you are tired, too tired to be there, too tired to look there, too tired to listen there and too tired to work there. You get cold, and then your eyelids drop, shut together, all done, checked out and hit the hay. You get your name called, you wake up and then your life's over, detention time for you, there goes that hot date you had with the boy of your dreams tonight. You ask the teacher why she says because you fell asleep. You think, “why exactly did…

In efforts to emphasize the importance of standardization and interoperability when exchanging healthcare information use case and value case are used. Use case is a type of business process that define the smaller steps in a process. Value case is a type of model which allows the stakeholders to identify the financial value of using a health information system. This evaluation process focuses on the lower level steps but that drive significant improvement within the healthcare organization…

Students, teachers, and parents are still arguing that kids have too much homework. Kids are arguing that it’s a waste of time. Parents are arguing that it takes away the time they could be spending with family. Teachers are arguing that it’s more work on them because they have to grade multiple sheets of homework they give out. Kids should have less homework because it takes away valuable time that could be spent with family and too much homework can cause a lot of stress and students barely…

certified electronic health records (EHR). With EHR put into act we are now able to view real time information of patients medical history, past and current medications, immunization dates, any diagnoses or allergies, as well as testing and lab reports. It contains all complete and accurate information to give providers access to evidence based tools when making decisions of a patients care. Some EHRs now allow patients to access web portals to view their own health records and even email their…

Health information exchange (HIE) is the technique which allows healthcare providers including doctors, nurse, pharmacy and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information by improving the speed, quality, safety and healthcare cost of the patient (HealthIT, 2014). There are various HIE models that are used throughout the country which are categorized based on how patient information are stored on them and their capacity to securely access on them by…

an EHR is a medical record that is put into an online software to be stored and updated. Medical transcriptionist enter the data into the software to prevent mistakes. EHRs help the staff understand the patient’s needs and treatment. The records ensure that the patient will be safe. They also limit the treatment available though. EHRs are only seen by your healthcare provider. If you need to have treatment done at another facility that was not your provider, the records would have to be…

Running through the woods, trying to find the creature that just ran off after kidnapping a young girl’s older brother, Dean and Sam hurried along hoping it wasn’t too late. “What if we don’t find it?” a nervous Sam asked his older brother while following closely behind. “We will, Sammy. Trust me,” so sure as to what he said that he was almost believing it, Dean replied to show some form of courage to his younger brother. While spending some much needed time with family, continuing to follow the…