Measure Evaluation Of Electronic Health

MEASURE EVALUATION OF
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

ABOUT EHR
 EHR is abbreviated as electronic health record which stores all the records of the patient including
their medical histories.
 This is a very effective technique to include all the administrative and relevant clinical data for a
long period of time.
 EHR includes a software system which allows the medical professionals to enter and store new
patient information.
 Practices has been found to control the access to patient data in a more secure way.

SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC
There are two oncology programs in Arizona- One is affiliated with Academic Hospital and the other
is a large national oncology programs.
Significant variations has been found to exist in between the operation processes of the two
organizations.
Oncology North became the model program for Oncology South program since the former one was a
part of universal health for 8 years.
Oncology North has been stated to have various issues with the recent build and various gaps has
been spotted in their HER system.
This gap analysis was performed by Chrystal found that Oncology build for Universal Health did not
align with the recommendations for oncology specialties in various areas inside the EHR.
Oncology population services has been identified as an important patient demographics part
associated with large healthcare organizations.

 Cancer treatment has been found to be costly in dealing with the authorization of insurance
companies.
 The operation differences can be tabularized as given below:
Operations
Differences Oncology South Oncology North
Initial Contact
With Patient
Phone interview within
3 days
Initial physician clinic
visit
Patient Oversight
All oncology patients Only oncology patients
that have identified
needs
Documentation
Paper form: See
document: Nav
Assessment 2018
Paper form: See
document: Oncology
North
 However some similarities has been found to be associated with the two organizations.
 These similarities has mainly been identified in the tools being used in EHR.
 These similarities has been shown on the top right table.
Operations
Similarities Oncology North and Oncology South
Position Navigator/Coordinator RN
Data Request Wanted discrete data for reports
Electronic
Documentation Used same two electronic methods to chart:
1. Electronic forms shared by all types of navigators
(e.g., ortho, pulmonary)
2. Free-text note also shared by same navigators
above
Electronic
Documentation Wanted it to be easier to find specific oncology
navigator documentation