Question

Write a three (3) page paper on the application and challenges involved with implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for a private family medicine practice. This is a small family practice with 3 doctors and a HIT budget of $60,000 annually and $150,000 for upfront expenditures.  The report must answer the following questions.

What are the most important functionalities of the EHR that needs to be implemented at the practice?

Is it possible for any existing Practice Management Systems to be integrated with the EHR?

Identify any two critical challenges in implementing the EHR.

Identify any four critical advantages the EHR would provide to the practice.

How you would manage the project planning and implementation of this EHR?

Explain the technology security considerations and how HIPAA governs their implementation.

Make a recommendation on the type of EHR system this practice should adopt and support your decision using data.

Answer 1

• Inorder to improve health care delivery , health information technology is used.
• Institute of medicine focused on improved health care delivery through automation of clinical , financial and administration policies through information technology .
• Using data maintaining thriugh information technology prevents errors , improves quality of treatment and the patient will also gain confidence.
• Electronic health records are needed to identify sudden outbreaks of a diseases .
• The data also supports computerised provider order entry and clincal decison support system.
• EHR resistance in areas must be taken into consideration and provide advices for the implementation of EHR .
• Challenges in human and corporate factors are still a hinderance for setting EHR in small families. These challenges must be outspoken and solved.
• Moreover implementing EHR in small areas are still a problem because they dont have sufficient financial aid.
• Moreover in small clinics , work load will be high and repeatedly one or two person must share more work . Hence implementation of EHR is tough in these areas.
• The main background and aim of EHR is to reduce work load and wor according to teh market demans
• EHR user will have high jobv satisfaction , low musculoskeletal discomfort, high self rated performance .
• In EHR , the employees mainly depend on the computers for the information and the employees are relieved and stress free.
• It is important to analyse the needs and preferences of the health care people and the patients .
• Proper leader should be there for a successful EHR implementation.
• Specific project manager and a team to maintain EHR should be maintained .
• Needs of the clients should be enquired frequently .
• permanent office staff must be present to monitor EHR .
• By using multiple data collection in future both quaantitative and qualittaive approach provides successful implemetation of EHR.