4 CA - Trends in Health Information Systems and Applications

4 CA - Trends in Health Information Systems and Applications

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language for this case assignment you will be assuming the role of a lead person on a technology advisory committee at a large regional medical center

The medical center has struggled with ongoing problems related errors surrounding patient medication , misplaced lab results and delays in updating patient charts . Physicians complain that they must often make their rounds with incomplete or delayed patient information . At the same time , the nursing staff has expressed concerned with incomplete or

br incorrect s from physicians and that lab and radiology s are difficult to track . Nurses also complain that nursing assistants make frequent errors in properly recording patient vitals . To make matters worse , the administration is deeply concerned about an increase in the number of critical incidences related to incorrectly medicated patients

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO ) is confident that many of the problems could be alleviated if healthcare professionals were better able to access and leverage information systems anytime , anywhere , and preferably nearest to the point of patient care . Accordingly , the CTO has tasked you and the advisory committee with drafting a two (full page high-level overview outlining what relevant technology solutions are available , along with recommendations of how they should be used to correct the ongoing problems , increase efficiencies and improve the overall quality of patient care . The CTO also advises that the committees report will be presented to the board of directors , so she recommends that the overview and recommendations be supported with case examples from other healthcare institutions

The medical center is currently utilizing a manual system to record update and transmit patient information . However , due this manual system the nursing , clinical , laboratory , radiology and administrative quarters are facing a lot of issues . The problems faced by the organization due to the current manual medical record and information system include :-

Difficulty in retrieving the patient records

Problems in administering the drugs and tracking which drugs have been administered

Delays in charting (entering data and updating the data ) the patient records

Physicians having a problem in receiving incomplete patient records which are often handed over to them after delays in time

nurses find the patient records entered by the physicians incomplete and incorrect

Difficulty in tracking the lab results and radiology procedure outcomes

mistakes in recording the data by the medical assistants especially the vital signs which are causing huge inconveniences for the nurses

Great amount of negligence 's and medical errors made by the staff members when it comes to administering the drugs for the patients

The solution to this would to develop an automated patient information system that would maintain electronic patient records . This system can be utilized in various sectors of the hospital including the clinics radiology department , pharmacy , inpatient , critical care unit ambulatory units , laboratory , trauma care center , administration , etc The EHR system would be having several benefits compared to a manual system including :-

Comprehensively entering and updating the patient...