Question

This week you learned about implementing electronic health records. Imagine that you are the HIT Director for a healthcare facility and you are tasked with leading the facility in converting their office to electronic health records. For this Assignment, you will design and construct a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation that highlights the planning and implementation process when converting to electronic health records. You will present this PowerPoint to other stakeholders in the HIT Department. Please include the following topics in your presentation: Name and describe 2 examples of EHRs used in healthcare facilities and discuss the pros and cons of each. What technologies would the facility need to implement electronic health records? Describe how the facility should implement EHRs using the phases of the system development life cycle as a guide.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

- Electronic health records are digital version of patient records that are instantly and securely available to authorities. The two EHRs widely used are EpicSystems EHR and Healthkit EHR. They are used by Cleaveland clinic and Mayoclinic. The pros of these two systems is that they are fast, robust and easy to executive.The cons include lack of updating information and meditation errors.

- Technologies needed to facilitate the EHR include

- building

-platforms

- security softwares

- data encryption

-cloud computing

Implementing EHR using phases of system development life cycle include -

- a coceptual mode

- project management

Phases are

- System physical construction (hardware, software, broadband access, communications, security issues)

- Implementation of the project activities and the associated tasks, from vendor selection to Go Live

-Use of the system, including managing the transition