Electronic Health Records System: Dualistic Viewpoints
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This paper critically analyzes the dualistic viewpoints or perspectives of Electronic Health Records System and draws a conclusion. It highlights the significance of electronic health records system and its demerits, therefore, considering it ineffective for service delivery.
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Running head: SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE1 Safety in Health and Social Care Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation
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SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE2 Safety in Health and Social Care The invention or design of Electronic Medical Records has significantly changed the manner in which the traditional medical record keeping was housed, maintained as well as managed. Electronic health records system refers to a digitized system which stores individuals’ health care data with the purpose or drive of ensuring confidentiality and supporting research, education, and continuity of health care (Bowton et al., 2014). There has been a heated debate over the significance of electronic health records system, with some medical professionals supporting its functions while others are highlighting some of its demerits, therefore, considering it ineffective for service delivery. As such, this paper endeavors to critically analyze the dualistic viewpoints or perspectives and draw a conclusion. Many healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors, and physicians agree that the standardization of enterprise-wide system such as CERNER and EPIC across an organization is proper in ensuring continuity of service delivery. They contend that the systems’ standardization enables clinical interoperability which is the ability of transferring patients amidst different care teams and offer integrated care provision. According to Middleton et al. (2013), the systems’ standardization permits data continuity for nurses, doctors, and physicians to serve patients’ wants and needs. It allows for patient-centred care, easy accessibility of patients’ information, and easy sharing of patients’ information across the board. In the same vein, the enterprise-wide system such as CERNER and EPIC standardization is important for patients’ information retrieval. Similarly, according to King et al. (2014), the standardization of the system allows non- redundant of patients’ data, therefore, contributing towards efficacy and better quality of health care delivery. It also allows for improvements of satisfaction in work and efficiency, and in the
SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE3 long run, contributes toward customers or patients’ satisfaction. The health professionals believe that electronic health records system standardization also contributes towards patient-centered shared care. According to them, the system is built on health telematics services and networks which link primary care centers, pharmacies, laboratories, and hospitals about patients’ health care information. They also believe that the Electronic health records minimize errors through standardizing patients’ records and offers better coordination among the health care providers. On the other hand, some medical professionals consider the standardization of the electronic health records system ineffective towards care delivery. According to them, deficient standardized terminologies top the list of the systems’ loopholes. They argue that the system does not have its standardized or homogenous terminology or term which promotes or enhances flexibility; therefore, it does not have the ability to diverse needs from different health care disciplines. Notably, this group also raises concerns in regards to the privacy, safety, and security of patients’ information (Miller & Sim, 2014). They state that the Electronic Health Records System is prone to hacking and this can result in the violation of the HIPPA guidelines since patients’ medical records would have been compromised leading to non-confidentiality. The above-mentioned loopholes make some healthcare providers refute the design, features, and standardization of the EHR system. In conclusion, I recommend the management team in my hospital not only to employ the Electronic Health Records system in the organization but also strengthen the security of the system to avoid hacking. Electronic Health Records system standardization should safeguard hacking to ensure confidentiality of patients’ information.
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