Information on Electronic Health Records

Question

Description

Write an essay addressing the following prompts:

Electronic health records (EHRs) are easier to read than the paper charts of the past, but many complain that healthcare providers are focusing too much on the computer screen instead of the patient.

·       Is this due to a lack of skill or training, poor computer system design, or just the nature of computer charting?

·       Is patient care suffering from the implementation of EHRs?

·       Charting in an EHR consist of clicking boxes, do you feel this provides enough detail about the patient, condition, and events if there was a lawsuit?

Hebda, Hunter, and Czar (2019) identify three types of data that are currently being tracked by organizations (p. 46).

·       Identify and explain another type of data, specific to your practice (Hospital, med-surg units, EPIC is used for charting), that is being tracked by an organization.

·       Why do you feel this data is important to track?

·       Identify and discuss the organization that is tracking the data.

·       Are there any ethical concerns with an outside organization tracking this data, explain, and give examples?

In this week’s post, you identified and explain the topic selected for the project (topic is “Telehealth” ).

·       Provide a description of your selected topic. What is your project, why is it relevant to this class, and why is it important to you?(It is important because: it helped with COVID, it is convenient for various types of patients, it has been used in hospitals for a while for virtual consults etc)

·       Identify an informatics/healthcare theory from pages 29-30 of the textbook that aligns with the project and explain why.

Assignment Expectations-

Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading

Length: 1500 words total for this assignment

Structure: Include a reference page in APA style. This does not count towards the minimum word amount for this assignment. It should include an introduction and conclusion.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.