4. DATA STORAGE, MANAGEMENT, AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
4.1 Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs)
Being the heart of any health information system, electronic health record systems might consist of uncomplicated storage instruments or more complex systems with differing functions included, incorporating the capability of electronic prescribing (e-Prescribing) and using computerized decision support systems (CDSSs). These later are effective knowledge systems that use each patient’s information to produce guidance related to particular situation. Electronic health record systems act as the foundation for e-Health improvements that are happening internationally. It permits to digitally input, store, display, retrieve, print, and share information
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It employs a storehouse of clinical information (knowledge-base) and an inference mechanism (logic) to produce patient particular outcome. These applications differ highly in refinement, outcome and the dimension to which they could merge with other clinical information systems. (Josip Car et al, 2008)
Computerized decision support systems are created to help clinicians in taking decisions and by this improve the quality and safety of healthcare care. (Kathrin Cresswell, 2012)
Kathrin also indicated that computerized decision support systems are in core computer software systems or applications that combine patient data, a database of clinical knowledge and conditional logic (if-then or do while) to produce patient particular advices related to healthcare (Figure below).
Knowledge-base:
Knowledge-base is an arranged storage of knowledge inside a computer system or a firm which could be representing ideas, raw data, goals, requirements, principles, and descriptions.
Its form depends on whether it supports
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These data should be gathered using methods that reduce systematic and random error.
The number of application involving these computerized decision support systems is large and could possibly involve using the whole chain of both clinical and non-clinical activities. Potential usages of computerized decision support systems are presented below:
• Preventive care such as vaccination reminders,
• Ordering investigations such as reminders for previously presented results,
• Interpreting investigations such as computer-aided detection for screening mammography,
• Diagnostics such as proposing a diagnosis of heart disease based on electrocardiogram results in the patient record,
• Disease management such as blood pressure monitoring in people with hypertension,
• Guideline-based and prescribing-related decisions and monitoring such as systems alerting for contraindications and inappropriate medication doses,
• Prognostics such as helping to predict prognoses of malignant tumors, helping to predict risks based on risk-prediction algorithms,
• Public health surveillance such as public health alerts to promote awareness of infectious diseases or environmental
CPOE systems with clinical decision support systems can improve
Since its startup in 2005 its mission to disrupt the slow moving world of health care by providing a free service of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to doctors and their facilities. This system will benefit doctors by cutting down cost, decrease medical errors, decrease mishandled or forgotten messages. It will help the overall goal of medical errors. It improves accuracy through record legibility and record
Para. 2) The Omaha System remains statistically superior to other interface terminologies of the electronic health record. The efficacy of the Omaha system has been heavily researched and covers numerous types of patients in various types of settings. The authors, well credentialed and academic, thoroughly describe the Omaha system and its benefits for meaningful use achievement.
Electronic Health Records and Patient Confidentiality Technology has become an essential part of our everyday life therefore, it makes sense that doctors and hospitals get rid of the old fashioned paper charting and use technology to access patient records. Electronic health records (EHR) provide quick access to information, as doctors no longer have to wait for other providers to fax previous records to them. The accessibility of Electronic Health Records assist medical providers to make quick medical care decisions, by accessing previous care provided to patients including treatment and diagnosis. Quick access to information through EHR enables health care providers to treat patients faster as there is no need for records to be mailed or
Computer-based algorithms provide patient-specific assistance. An early warning system that provides timely alerts designed to ensure that appropriate actions are initiated as soon as problems begin to develop. Four key applications have been developed to achieve these goals.
This includes creating, managing and following patient data. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) defines information governance as “an organization wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and for supporting the organization’s strategy, operations, regulatory, legal, risk, and environmental requirements.” In today’s healthcare system, it is more important than ever to know and understand how healthcare information is created, transferred and used. Due to the development of systems such as electronic health records and clinical decision support systems it is important that health information maintains its reliability and validity throughout its
Nicole, I enjoy reading your discussion board Your discussion board is very interesting. The strengths in your discussion board is you elaborate a lot of information on health informatics and health care systems. Health Informatics is a term relating the obtaining, loading, saving and by means of of healthcare information to substitute better association among a patient’s numerous healthcare providers (UDF Health, 2017). Health informatics contains healthcare systems such as electronic health records (EHR) and electronic medical records (EMR), health information exchange standards such as Health Level 7 (HL7), medical terminologies such as Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (Tech Target, 2018).
Electronic Health Records In buying the same Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, physicians are trying to accomplish a way of easily getting all of a patient's records when they are needed. The EHR will provide easy access to a patient's biography, medical condition, lab results, billing reports among others. The pros of having the same EHR in a hospital is that physicians can write medical orders to the hospital or enter data about patients they were admitting. They can also perform activities on chart completion and sign transcribed documents at their convenient time and place (Nanette et al., 2010).
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, e-prescribing is defined as "the transmission using electronic media, of prescription or prescription-related information between a prescriber, dispenser, pharmacy benefit manager, or health plan, either directly or through an intermediary, including an e-prescribing network" (Kaye, 2008) Nursing is a subspecialty in informatics with different roles and tasks. The focus of informatics nursing has varying job descriptions and specialties within healthcare, however, the main focus of nursing informatics can be found in any of the following areas; 1.) Using data, information and knowledge in patient care, 2.) Defining data in patient care, 3.)
Dr. Song, Clinical Decision Support has been defined as a “process for enhancing health-related decisions and actions with pertinent, organized clinical knowledge and patient information to improve healthcare, as well as, healthcare delivery (Campbell & CPHIMS, 2013). Clinical Decision-supporting tools are utilized to manage and support patient care. Healthcare information systems and information-retrieval systems are tools that manage information. There are various programs that provide custom tailored assessments or advice based on sets of patient specific data (Musen, Middleton, & Greenes, 2014, p. 701). Decision tools may follow simple logics (such as algorithms), may be based on decision theory, cost benefit analysis, or may use numerical approaches only as an adjunct to symbolic problem solving (Musen, Middleton, & Greenes, 2014, p. 701).
I will summarize each outcome for the Nursing Informatics specialty. For the intent of this paper I will use outcome and competency interchangeably. The first outcome means the ability to gather healthcare information across the continuum of care; combine and utilize the information gathered to develop a process. Finally execution of that process to evaluate its ability to improve the quality of the healthcare environment. Healthcare managers are constantly assessing patients and collecting information.
The healthcare industry generates a great amount of data every day, as a form of record keeping, patient care, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Just a decade ago, all this data was stored in the form of hard copy form, now it is rapidly transforming to digital data which is called EMR (Electronic Medical Record). The digitalization of the healthcare has not just reduced cost of care, but also improved quality of care due to the abundance data that organizations receive from the EMR to identify the flaws in their system. I work in the healthcare industry where improving quality of care is our primary goal. We use software called eCW , which is an integrated system.
Nursing are on the edge of moving beyond the electronic health record to a dynamic clinically intelligent system that can provide the nurse and other professionals with useable evidence-based data at point of care (Nickitas,
I am excited to be a part of Nursing Informatics. I was not sure what to expect, as this is my first online class. Since starting, I was suprised to see how Nursing Informatics applies to me at work. As I was taking the assessment, I discovered how much I enjoy working in the Electronic Medical Record. The Cerner program I use at the hospital gives me quicker access to patient information, improves efficiency, and reduces the potential for drug errors.
The term Nursing Informatics, introduced by Rubenfeld and Scheffer (2015), is described as using technology and/or a computer system to process and communicate data and information across the healthcare system for various reasons (p. 247). For this discussion, I would like to highlight the use of Nursing Informatics in managing the delivery of patient and nursing care. Over the last few years, there have been a few introductions in information technology that serve to improve patient safety. The one that stands out is the implementation of the Medication Barcode Scanner. This process goes beyond the five rights of medication administration and is an extra set of eyes for the nurse.