Question

Describe one innovation in healthcare that has positively contributed to growth in an organization

Describe one unexpected negative that arose from the implementation of EHRs. could this have been avoided?

Answer 1

The invention of EHR (Electronic health records) has been one of the most important factor that affected the growth of medical organizations all over the world. It is systematic collection of patients electronically stored health information in a digital format. These record can be shared through connected networks. This invention actually came along with a lot of positive contributions such as

• Providing accurate ,up to date and complete information about every patient
• Access to patient files in single click
• Sharing patient data to physicians and patents became easy and efficient
• Effective diagnosis, patient care and reduced number of medical errors
• reliable and secure prescribing of medicines and treatment
• accurate billing and document safety
• increased productivity as well as work life balance
• cost reduction

all together the electronic health record system has improved the growth of the organization in many ways.

there are a few unexpected outcomes of EHR as well. one of them is the maintenance of EHR and the errors and loss if one is failed to do it. The only way to avoid such negative outcome is tocheck the EHR system and look for any errors if there is a problem the EHR hardware must be replaced and software upgraded on regular basis.in addition the EHR system providers must give timely training and support to the end users that is the hospital staff.