Question

Assume that you are a medical assistant working in a private practice or clinic and the clinic has decided to consider moving to an electronic system. You are highly in favor of moving to an EHR system.

Provide a rationale with supporting documentation for a recommendation to move to an EHR. Outline a plan for how you would transition the practice from manual to electronic records. Include in your plan how an EHR will provide a foundation for more accurate and secure medical records of the clinic’s patients. Also include any processes and procedures that will need to be adjusted and any security protocols that will be required. (20 points)

Answer 1

Answer: The use of the technology in the healthcare organizations/ system can enhance the performance. The paper work leads to excessive burden on the staff members. Hence the implementation of the EHR ( electronic health records) system could decrease the burden. There are many advantages of the implementation of the EHR, some of them are:

• It can store huge information as it has large storage space as compares to paper documents.
• It can store all the information related to the medical history, treatment as well as procedure used for the treatment.
• Backup can be made every day to reduce the risk of data loss.
• It reduces burnout aming healthcare professionals.
• The patient need not to mention medical history on every visit.

The EHR should be compatible and should also follow the HIPAA guidelines. HIPAA provides privacy to the patient's healthcare information. The data can be encrypted so reduce the risk of data misuse. Password should be fixed as well as accessibility to the system should be to few and authorized staff members.