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Running head: HEALTHCAREHealthcareName of student:Name of university:Author note:
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1HEALTHCAREIdentify the main issues as presented in the case study? The case study presented in here highlights the issues pertaining to lack of systematicflow of healthcare information among the care system. The issues presented in the case study aremultivariate. Firstly, the primary care physician carried out the pregnancy test with the similartest to that used by Jade at home, which is a urine test. Pregnancy diagnostic tests should havebeen carried out at the unit with advanced procedures that confirm pregnancy. Further, Jade wasrequired to answer the assessment form for risk factors without the consultation of her mother.As a result she could not provide with the information regarding her family’s reproductivehistory. It is crucial for providing the family’s reproductive history for accurate risk assessmentprocedure in pregnancy. In addition, Jade was sent for undergoing blood tests in a nearbyhospital as the polyclinic did not have provision for blood tests. This is of much inconvenience tothe patient. The main concern lies in the fact that Jade had to repeat the registration process at temain hospital since there was no provision for direct flow of patient information between the twohealthcare units. Due to lack of planning, Jade was unable to undergo the required procedure forcystic fibrosis test. As a Health Service Manager, what would you do to improve the patient care journey usingICT? Information and communication technology (ICT) is the convergence of networks forbetter transfer and storage of information. ICT can be applied effectively in the healthcaresystem for improving patient care through appropriate healthcare delivery. Through efficientapplications, ICTs improve system efficiency (Manojlovich et al., 2015). In the present case, ICTis to be applied in the form of Electronic Health Record (EHR) that has gained immense
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