Forces and Reimbursement Methodologies Driving Growth in Electronic Health Records

This presentation explores the current forces and reimbursement methodologies that are driving the growth of electronic health records (EHRs). It discusses the benefits of EHRs, the role of health IT workforce, and the shift towards value-based reimbursements. The presentation also highlights how EHRs improve patient care and enhance efficiency in healthcare delivery.

Current forces and
reimbursement methodologies
that are driving growth in
electronic health records
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 Increasing costs of health care are part of the
integral national well being and strain on the
health care system.
 Medical reimbursement has formed the biggest
chunk of the health care equation.
 The key benefit of electronic databases for
patients is to improve the health patient services
and improved continuity of care.
Introduction

Driving forces of EHRs
 Health IT workforce
 The growing need for data
analysis
 EHR approach to Medicare
 Benefits of EHR
Current forces and reimbursement methodologies

 Development of EHR is the driving forces
and demand for information Technology
forces in many organizations.
The growing need for data analysis
 The growing shift on the use of EHR has led
to an increasing demand for the use of
analytics to be an important tool in
information technology platform.
(Consumer Health Solutions, 2015).
Health IT workforce

 The growth of data analysis
◦ In essence data through the EHR will focus on the
process of care, trends and how the process be
enhanced or changed so as to provide more
consistent care that suits clients and overall
consumers of it.
 Critical thinking and project skills relevant
(Goldzweig et al., 2013).
Cont’

 Distribution of systems
 Access to relevant information
(Englebright, Adrich & Taylor, 2014).
 Enhances selection process of health care
delivery system
◦ The users have the ability to access relevant
information as pertaining to their care delivery
and mage relevant medical information.
(Goldzweig et al., 2013).
EHR approach to Medicare

 Clinical quality, patient safety, productivity
and the attention
(Goetz et al., 2012)
 Information sharing
(Furukawa, 2011)
 Making access to medical services faster
(Pormerleu, 2008)
 Crucial benefits for consumers
(Hebda & Czar, 2009)
Benefits of EHR

 value-based reimbursements
◦ The current transition from the traditional fee
for services process models to value-based
reimbursements is a trending practice in health
care
 methodological approach of reimbursement
methodologies
Reimbursement
Methodologies

 Quality improvement
 Improves on time efficiency
 Tracking and loss monitoring
(Grant, 2010)
Leverage on electronic data
leads to visibility presence

 Higher demand forces
 No geographical limitation
 Challenges encountered
Enhancing risks management
for enhanced efficiency

 Many health care organizations face various
challenges
 Utilization of HR
 Powerful analytics need
(Goldzweig et al., 2013)
Value-based reimbursement tool for data
analytics

 Wide analytics
◦ Integration of enterprise-wide analytics which
supports information in health care organizations
is vital so as to tackle data analytics challenges.
 Stakeholder engagement
◦ Identification and engaging members of key
consumers of the system are essential in aligning
health care delivery.
(Furukawa et al., 2014)
Formulation of value based
action

 EHRS systems are relevant to care
provision.
 The incorporation of health IT workforce and
the needs for data analytics EHR
approaches of care deliveries are essential
attributes of the change agents.
 Immense benefits
Conclusion

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