You are the office manager of a family practice that is still using a paper record....

You are the office manager of a family practice that is still using a paper record. How would you argue the point for adoption of an electric health record to the managing care providers in the practice

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At first I will clearly exaplan the benefits, process of Electronic Health Records adoption and their implementation problem solving methods.

-Adoption of an Electronic Health Record System can provide better quality of health care with marginal error and least cost because process is transformed through technology and it can provide better solution to the problem. Quality can be checked properly and necessary correction can be taken if any.

-Medical error can be minimized because technology can helps in minimizing it through adoption of better procedures and process.It enhanced communication among departments and multiple providers can quickly access data of the patients so error will be minimized.

-Technology that are used are telehealth option, tablet, digital imaging device,electronic liabraries etc. Application that is use is Electronic Medical record.

Electronic Health Record Benefits:

1. Patient Care was improved

2. EHR can be updated in real time

3. Patient Participation was improved

4. EHR can be delivered to the concern authorities immediately.

5. Improved Care Coordination

6. Diagnostics & Patient Outcomes was improved

7. Practice Efficiencies and Cost Savings was improved

Solutions for Electronic Health Record implementation:

1. Support team based care: Current technology require data to enter in software, which is carried out by other team members so that doctors do their work more efficiently.

2. Promote care coordination through automatic track referrals, consultants, orders and labs so that doctors can easily follow patient progression.

3. Facilitate digital patient engagement. These increase interoperability between EHR systems and patients mobile technologies.

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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