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Identify three reasons that the EHR should be implemented.
What are three barriers to implementation?
What is telehealth?
What is telemedicine?
How do these concepts impact how physicians and patients interact?
1) EHR is an Electronic health record which
denotes the paper chart of the patient in a digital version. They
are patient-centered records that help the authorized user of the
information to secure and gain information when required. The EHR
system holds the medical history and treatment of the patient which
makes the flow of the work easier and contains a broader view
related to the care of the patient.
The three reasons to implement EHR are as
follows:
a) It focuses on providing accurate, complete, and relevant data
about the patient with quick access to the records by the
authorized user.
b) It is a secure system which helps in sharing the information
through electronic transfers with the clinicians and the
patients.
c) It helps in reducing medical errors, diagnoses the patients in
an effective manner, and provides more safety to patients with
improved communication and interaction.
2) The three barriers to EHR
are:
a) The use of the EHR system is more difficult to use in comparison
to the paper records.
b) The applications of EHR are not standardized and its products
aim to require heavy investments as they are priceless.
c) It may focus on reducing productivity which leads to disturbance
in the flow of work.
3) Telemedicine refers to the process, which is
intended to deliver exclusive health services, discussion over the
telecommunication infrastructure to people who are living in far
places or those who don’t have easy access to hospitals. The motive
of this innovative idea is to reduce the distance barrier in
medical treatment and consultation.
Telemedicine can be categorized as:
1) Interactive telemedicine: This provides both patient and doctor
to interact in real-time.
2) Remote Monitoring: This permits the collection of Patient health
data using mobile devices like temperature, blood sugar, BP,
etc.
3) Asynchronous telemedicine: This provides one health care
provider to share the patient lab report with another health care
provider to estimate the information later.
4) Telehealth refers to the system, which focuses
on using the telecommunication technologies and the electronic
information which aims to provide healthcare services in remote
areas such as clinical health care at long-distance, education
related to the professional and patient's health, etc. Telehealth
use various technologies which may include the internet, streaming
media, videoconferencing, etc. It also helps the specialists to
visit the patients in rural areas and offering them special care
and services.