Question

As the manager of the gastrointestinal laboratory in a hospital you are expanding the applications of your information system. At the present, it allows physicians to capture images and produce consults and referral letters in a timely fashion.You have been working with the vendor to expand its features to include capture of patient history. Consider the pros and cons of interchanging information collected by admitting nurses and physicians. the answer must be 20 lines.

Answer 1

Health information exchange/ HIE

In modern industry it’s difficult to imagine that doesn’t depend on computers to make sure that employees can work more productively and effectively.

In the health industry, computerization is required in order to manage the huge volume of data that medical practices, clinics, and hospitals create and store for each patient.

However, not every health organizations have made the transformation from a paper to electronic health record.

Interchanging the health information (HIE)

Advantages

• Reduces the error: through the HIE it renders greater safety to patient by decreasing medical and medication errors.
• HIE acts as a support tool for doctors and health care professionals to take up the right clinical decision for the better treatment and effective acre
• Permit the patient access into his own health information let him to take ownership of his or her own care management.
• Make the patient feels attached to the clinic
• Patients can more easily utilize the all the health services such as send and receive messages, make appointments, and get questions answered quicker.
• Checking on prescriptions and requesting refills is also more straightforward with a patient portal.
• Patient gets the lab results immediately as soon as it get posted the patient does not have to wait days for the results to be mailed or wait for the hospital or lab to call

Disadvantages

• Accessing the patient portal also rise the chances for data breeches.
• Older patients might not aware how to utilize the computers and electronic software as well as younger patients. This unfamiliarity may confuse them.