Question

1. Discuss two benefits of the use of electronic health records (EHRs), one related to the care of an individual patient and one related to population health. How does the use of EHRs facilitate obtaining these benefits?

2. Describe a method by which a healthcare provider could both effectively interact with a patient and fulfill the requirements imposed by the healthcare institution’s EHR system

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Answer 1

Ans) 1. When health care providers have access to complete and accurate information, patients receive better medical care.

- Electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the ability to diagnose diseases and reduce—even prevent—medical errors, improving patient outcomes.

- Electronic health records ( EHR s) can improve public and population health outcomes. By efficiently collecting data in a form that can be shared across multiple health care organizations and leveraged for quality improvement and prevention activities, EHR s can: Improve public health reporting and surveillance.

2.The need for skills in health information technology (IT) has never been greater. With the increasing implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) and the use of disease registries to monitor and track patient populations, practice facilitators will need to have a working knowledge of EHRs and registries and how to use them most effectively.

- It is important to understand that in an outpatient setting, as opposed to inpatient, a medical record covers the lifetime of a patient, not one episode of care (an inpatient stay). Thus, you need a longitudinal record from which you can generate reports over time.

- If you work with a practice that is still paper based, the longitudinal record is an important concept for the practice to keep in mind when choosing an ambulatory care EHR. In addition, not all ambulatory practices are the same. Depending on specialties provided, (e.g., oncology, HIV services), there may be specific documentation or scheduling needs that a particular vendor has not considered before.