Electronic Health Records

This document discusses the potential of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to improve population health. It proposes a research question on how to remove barriers associated with sociodemographic variables and public awareness to realize the complete potential of EHRs for public health. The document also presents a claim and a research proposal. It includes a synthesis matrix with three sources that discuss the challenges surrounding the implementation of EHRs and the need to improve EHR data quality and content, as well as raise awareness among the public with information campaigns.

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Electronic Health Records
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Con-Position Proposal
SUBJECT: Electronic health records (EHRs)
EHRs carry great potential to improving population health.
However, in order to realize the full potential, it is essential to
understand EHRs and the purpose.
RESEARCH QUESTION: How to remove the barriers realize associated with socio-
demographic variables and public awareness to realize the
complete potential of EHRs for public health and raise the
awareness towards EHRs.
CLAIM: Although EHRs have been here for decades, the health care
industry still has to achieve the full potential of EHRs. It is
essential to improve EHR data quality and content and raise
awareness among the public with information campaigns.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL: EHRs is an interesting topic to research on, as despite being
there for decades, the health care industry still needs to realize
their full potential. There are still certain challenges that
surround the implementation of EHRs. It was challenging to
find the focus of the research as there is a wide volume of
research on EHRs. There are so many perspectives to the
subject of EHRs that it can be researched on from numerous

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angles. Still, after reviewing a large number of research
articles on EHRs, I was able to finalize three articles that
would be suitable for the research.
3 SOURCE COLLECTION via a Synthesis Matrix
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1st Con-Point:
Healthcare workforce
and patients may not
be computer savvy to
access EHRs
2nd Con-Point:
Higher risk of security
for protecting
computerize records
unauthorized access
3rd Con-Point:
EHR software needs
to be upgraded on
regular basis to
comply with the best
practices in the
industry.
Bates, D. W., Ebell,
M., Gotlieb, E., Zapp,
J., & Mullins, H. C.
(2003)
Strategic planning and
actions to integrate
EMRs into primary
care.
Develop stronger
security strategies to
protect the
confidentiality of
electronic
information.
Mobile devices can be
connected to wireless
medical networks as
software evolve.
Friedman, D. J.,
Parrish, R. G., &
Ross, D. A. (2013).
New legal authority is
required for using
EHR data for health
information and
create a useful health
record for the
population
Ensure the security
and confidentiality of
individual-level EHR
Riordan, F., Papoutsi,
C., Reed, J. E.,
Marston, C., Bell, D.,
& Majeed, A. (2015).
Numerous multiple
uses of EHRs by
people with different
educational
qualifications and
background. So,
awareness of EHRs
differs between
different groups
Patients unwilling to
share data without
their expressed
consent
References

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Bates, D. W., Ebell, M., Gotlieb, E., Zapp, J., & Mullins, H. C. (2003). A proposal for electronic
medical records in U.S. primary care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association : JAMIA, 10(1), 1-10.
Friedman, D. J., Parrish, R. G., & Ross, D. A. (2013). Electronic health records and US public
health: current realities and future promise. American journal of public health, 103(9),
1560-7.
Riordan, F., Papoutsi, C., Reed, J. E., Marston, C., Bell, D., & Majeed, A. (2015). Patient and
public attitudes towards informed consent models and levels of awareness of Electronic
Health Records in the UK. International journal of medical informatics, 84(4), 237-47.