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EHRs typically support care planning order entry and management and communication among the care team. true/false
Ans: TRUE
Explanation: Electronic Health Records system supports all healthcare professionals in the delivery of care management services.
EHR systems support individuals and population-based care management.
EHR undergoes some processes that include;
Assesses-plans- Implementation-coordinations-monitors and evaluates-results in the services meet individual health needs.
EHR system support healthcare providers in care management by;
1. Providing support to individual care, management at the point of contact with treatment services.
2. It helps physicians to design methods of delivering services:
- Use e- scheduling systems.
- E-communication with providers.
- User order communication.
- Use-e-disease management tools.
- Use IT to deliver healthcare services.
3. Physicians- evaluate the care of the population.
- Generate process and outcomes by assessments and surveys etc.
- Measure clinic outcomes.
-Generate population reports.
-Identify at-risk-individuals.
4. Support patient self-management by:
- Personalized care plan.
-Personal health record.
-Online goal setting tools.
5. EHR provides coordination of care providers By:
-Improving the availability, timeliness, and accuracy of messages among healthcare providers.
-Help in the management of care coordination at chronic disease management.
-Improve, data sharing among authorized professionals of patient information.
-Timeliness process.
-Improve continuity of care, and decrease the time for diagnosis and treatments.
6. Physicians, care team-patient communications:
- Increase physician-patient communication.
-Improve messaging that satisfy patient queries.
-It helps in saving time.
-Increase better identification of patient needs.
7.Intra-Office Communication:
-Physicians, nurses, and support staff communicate in a better way.
-Improve office communication.
-Make efficient task management.
-Increase the exchange of detailed clinic information of the patient with other healthcare team members.
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