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Collection of computer-stored images of traditional health record documents
AHR Automated Health Records
How are AHRs stored/ collected?
Scanned into a computer
Stored on optical disks
Contains all personal health information belonging to an individual
EHR
Collection of health information for one patient linked by a patient identifier
CPR Computer-based Patient Record
What can be included in a CPR?
Medication orders
Integrated data on a patient’s registration
Admission and financial details
Recording information from nurses, laboratory, radiology, and
pharmacy
T or F: EHR extends beyond acute inpatient situations
T
EHR is entered and accessed electronically by healthcare
providers over ______
the person’s lifetime
Developed within a medical practice or health center
EMR
Describe automated systems based on document imaging or systems
EMR
What does a EMR include?
Include patient identification details, medications and prescription generation, laboratory results, and healthcare information recorded by the doctor
The EHR should reflect the ______ of an individual across his or her
lifetime including data from multiple providers from a variety of healthcare settings
entire health history
Share information with other health care providers and organizations
EHR
EMR enables clinicians to?
Track data over time
Easily identify who are due for screenings or checkups
Check their patients
Monitor and improve overall quality of care within the practice
Focus on the total health of the patient
EHR
Going beyond standard clinical data collected
EHR
Contains medical and treatment history of patients in one practice or organization
EMR
Can be gathered, managed, consulted by clinicians and staff in one healthcare organization
EMR
Conforms to interoperability standards that can be drawn from multiple sources while being shared, managed, and controlled by the individual
PHR
Conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards
Can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization
EHR
What is the major issue that should be address before moving forward?
unique patient identification
What is the backbone of an
effective and efficient health record system, whether manual or electronic?
Accurate patient identification
Other possible issues of EHR?
Clinical data entry issues and lack of standard terminology
Resistance to computer technology and lack of computer literacy
Strong resistance to change by many healthcare providers
High cost of computers and computer systems and funding limitations
Concern by providers as to whether information will be available on request
Concerns about privacy, confidentiality and the quality and accuracy of electronically generated information
Quality of electronic healthcare information and accuracy of data entries
Lack of staff with adequate knowledge of disease classification systems
Manpower issues– lack of staff with adequate skills
Environmental issues
Involvement of clinicians and hospital administrators
What safeguards need to be addressed?
Efficient back-up system available
Contingency plans for disaster recovery
Securing workstations and password requirement
Access control to authorized persons only
Audit controls
Staff may be available, but their skills may not be adequate
There is a need for a well-trained workforce
Manpower issues– lack of staff with adequate skills
Retention schedules
Concerned with how information is to be retrieved
Concerns about privacy, confidentiality and the quality and accuracy of electronically generated information
Need to compare the current system costs plus perceived costs for the new EHR system
High cost of computers and computer systems
Need to adopt a standard, comprehensive vocabulary and develop a data dictionary
Clinical data entry issues and lack of standard terminology
Some prefer to write by hand
Some are still not proficient in using computers
Resistance to computer technology and lack of computer literacy
The change to entering patients’ health record data via a computer or other electronic device may be difficult.
Requires intensive training of healthcare practitioners
Strong resistance to change by many healthcare providers
Information should always be readily available can be accessed more efficiently
Concern by providers as to whether information will be available on request
What are qualities of quality data?
Accuracy and validity of the original source data
Reliability
Completeness
Legibility
Currency and timeliness
Accessibility