Question

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital, a small hospital that has just merged with another hospital in your area. The facilities are roughly the same size. Approximately half of the physicians at your facility also have privileges at the other facility. With some exceptions, the two facilities have similar departments and services. Both facilities have some EHR capabilities and are able to interface because they use the same software vendor. Full computerization will not take place for at least 5 years. The administration of the two facilities would like to standardize the data collection with the goal of reducing the cost of forms and facilitating communication between the two facilities. As the senior director, you have been asked to coordinate this effort. What issues do you think should be addressed first? Who will you ask to assist in the project? What impact does this standardization project have on the HIM department?

Answer 1

Main issues in both facilities using the same software vendor..Need to improve skills in health information technology(IT) with the increasing implementation of electronic health record(EHR)
   IT-support person for EHR implementing for this project needs..this EHRs will help only to manage people health by analyze data process across the group of patients..As a director you must know about various EHR products and how to extract data from them..Resources are available for practices..Administration's health IT Adoption Tool box useful for implementation,planning,and evaluation resources to help community health centers,other safety net providers and ambulatory care providers to implement health IT applications in their facilities..
? As a director we must help for EHRs in their workflows..workflow include data indentification,documentation entry,we can help EHRs to identify the patient education material have linked to libraries of easy-to-understand print..
? Data stored in EHR like patients language,visual displays for patient education.. registry is a database of patients with specific,condition,diagnosis,or procedures..It is a subset of patients in the EHR..EHR have to avoid entering key data item twice.Type of report generate help to practice active managing patient,track operational indicators and its use,regulation and requirement..Depending on type of report it can practice provider level..start with practice level is a good way to drilling down to the provider level...