Optimization of Electronic Health Records in Leading Healthcare Organizations

Running head: HEALTH RESEARCH
Name of the student;
Name of the university:
Author’s note:

1
HEALTH RESEARCH
First paper:
Summary:
There are very few documentation exist in literature which provided the idea of
optimization of electronic health records and process which takes place after implementation for
faciliating the benefit of the utility of electronic health system to provide safe, responsive person-
centered care. The purpose of the paper was to gain an understanding of the optimization
process of electronic health record in leading health care organization of United States. Moon,
Hills, and Demiris, (2018), conducted a qualitative study involving 11 in-depth interviews where
the focus group was EHR experts from the reputed health care organizations. Moon, Hills, and
Demiris, (2018), used the grounded theory approach to conduct the interview in order to obtain
accurate result from the responses participants gave. The result of the study reported 16
advantages of implementation of EHR which further helpful to meet the health care demand. The
result suggested that implementation of EHR increase efficiency, increase smarter decision,
optimize professional practice, improve quality of patient care, aid in tracking workflow,
improve patient safety and documentation, aid in upgrading new features, improve the physician
and user adoption of EHR.
Relevancy to the practice:
The electronic health record is one of the unique innovation of information technology
which enable nurses to meet the demand of the patient (Omotosho, Emuoyibofarhe, & Meinel,
2017). This research can be used in nursing practice in order to improve the performance of
nurses to meet provide high quality responsive care (Omotosho, Emuoyibofarhe, & Meinel,
2017). This research is a piece of evidence which helps nurses to document crucial details of

2
HEALTH RESEARCH
patients such as history, medication or any genetic disorder which will reduce the probability of
medical error (Stevenson et al., 2017). Medical error is reported as a frequent issue in the health
care sectors, questioning the safety of the patient. This research may assist nurses to keep the
patient’s information confidential and private in order to avoid ethical issues. As discussed by
the Varpio et al. (2015), inability to keep the confidentiality of the patient may breach clinical
practice since it can give rise to ethical issues resulted in increasing issues regarding patient
safety. Moreover, the patients who live in the disadvantageous area are failed to seek clinical
assistance when required because of issues regarding transportation (Stevenson et al., 2016).
This research may be helpful for nurses to provide care and support to the patients who require
immediate clinical assistance and failed to seek because of transportation. Consequently, it will
minimize the gap in providing health care services to the indigenous and nonindigenous culture.
Ethical consideration:
In health research, maintaining ethics is important to ensure that data obtained by
researchers are accurate (Lotto, 2018). The researchers obtained informed consent from the
respondent before conducting an interview by explained the detailed method of interview and
purpose of the interview (Dehghani, Mosalanejad & Dehghan-Nayeri, 2015). This process
enables researchers to avoid possible ethical issues by gaining retain consent. The informed
consent is obtained from the participants for ensuring the fact that no participants were forced to
answer the questions or response they were not comfortable to answer which will aid in avoiding
any legal obligations (Omotosho, Emuoyibofarhe, & Meinel, 2017).