Question

1. Discuss two benefits of the use of electronic health records (EHRs), one related to the care of an individual patient and one related to population health. How does the use of EHRs facilitate obtaining these benefits?

2. Describe a method by which a healthcare provider could both effectively interact with a patient and fulfill the requirements imposed by the healthcare institution’s EHR system.

Answer 1

Benefits of electronic health records

1) Related to care of individual patient

Electronic health records maintain a detail information about the patients condition, It is beneficial for appropriate Care and treatment of patient. If Patient admitted in emergency, health care provider can assess the history of the patient condition within no time, which helps to act immediately and preserves time needed for collection of past medical or surgical history. Even if the health care provider is new to the patient, ERS provides a clear picture of patients condition.

2) Related to population health

As today effective care is mostly based on evidence based practices. So this electronic health records help to gather the data related to an emerging condition, and analyze the data to find the best treatment for population.Not only treatment but risk factor also preventive measures, any prophylactic measure analyzed help manage population health

2) Increasing use of EHR system has affected the communication between patient and health care provider. One method to overcome this barrier is to share the EHR screen with the patient or read loudly what has been entered in the record. Following are some benefits of doing so....

A) Patient will not feel neglected. If the screen is not shared the health care provider is not able to maintain an eye contact with patient and is bound to see in the screen for data entry.This startegy of reading aloud the entry or sharing the screen can minimize the patients feeling of beleving.

B) Any mistakes made while managing patient data can be corrected by the patient, which help to minimize the wrong data entry.