Question

Based on "Access to Clinical Information" and "Patient Follow-Up/Recalls" from the list of potential clinical impacts of the EHR.

-Define the relationship of these two benefits to the Triple Aim

-List specifically how the EHR can create this particular benefit.

-Identify factors that could affect or limit attainment of each clinical benefit.

Answer 1

TRIPLE AIM :

• Experience of care (quality and satisfaction)
• Improvisation of health
• Reducing the cost of care

Benefits of ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD in terms to "Access to Clinical Information" with triple aim

• Transmit patient data securely to the physicians to treat mutiple chronic illnesses and also the physicians to communicate to another physician about a patient which helps in improving care.
• Promotion of co-ordination in care like access to the detailed prescription of a patient, diagnostic tests and images can be viewed easily , and consultation details can be obtained .
• Reduction of adverse drug events, unnecessary diagnostic and laboratory tests, and even unnecessary hospitalization which reduce the cost of care.

Benefits of EHR in Patient Follow-Up/Recalls with triple aim

• Asssist the patient to take further testing prescribed by a physician to improve the health care and  recall tracking tests and results that are expected but not yet received
• Helps in communicating with patients who may benefit from participating in an appropriate health promotion and preventive care activities or who may require appropriate and timely review of their treatment and their medical devices.
• EHR can organise the follow up visits with a strong focus on patient safety and risk management.

List specifically how the EHR can create this particular benefit.

• Helps in diagnosing and treating a patient, a doctor may recommend the patient undertake further testing, such as pathology or diagnostic imaging, and/or refer the patient to another clinician which improvises care
• Helps the patient and physician about recalling datas, visits .
• Helps in tracking relevant datas and physical health information
• The experiences can help shed light on challenges in other practices under similar circumstances like a newly diagnosed disease but having similar characteristics with another can easily recognised by comparing datas.