Study on Health Information System
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Running head: HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMHealth information systemName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
1HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMReasons for not implementing EMRElectronic medical record (EMR) is necessary in the health care system for high qualityand safer care by exchanging health care information electronically. It enables getting quickaccess to accurate and up-to-date information of patients and promotes effective diagnosis ofpatients and minimizes chances of medical errors (King et al., 2014). Despite numerousadvantages of EMR in improving quality and efficiency in care, many health care organizationare reluctant to implement EMR. The main reasons for this are as follows:1.The first barrier for this is the lack of computer skills in health care staffs. To effectivelyuse EMR, staffs must have appropriate knowledge and skills to use the application userinterface and then adequate typing skills so that all information can be recorded.However, lack of computer skills often leads to resistance and EMR is not implementedin such organization (Ajami & Bagheri-Tadi, 2013).2.Another important reason for health care organization reluctance to implement EMR isthat they have the perception that EMR has more security and confidentiality related riskcompared to paper records (Ajami & Bagheri-Tadi, 2013). Hence, to avoid ethical andlegal consequence, they avoid implementing EMR. Fernández-Alemán et al., (2013) hasalso proved about the security related concern in EMR by stating that EMRs can beseriously threatened by hackers thus violating privacy and confidentiality requirements incare. 3.The third reason for not implementing EMR includes time and cost issue involved inimplementation. High financial cost is a factor that makes much health care organizationto go against the use of EMR in health care setting (Ajami & Bagheri-Tadi, 2013).
2HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMImpact of HIPAA on patient’s medical recordsThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was mainlyimplemented to protect health insurance coverage for people who have lost or change their jobs.It also directs establishing national standards for processing and securing health care data. Bythis means, it plays a role in protecting and securing patient’s medical records. After theenactment of the Act, the federal law took the responsibility to maintain confidentiality ofmedical records and enforce high standards to protect confidential patient’s information. Byconsidering the appropriate disclosure process for sharing or not sharing private medicalinformation, it has played a role in improving health care service in all areas (Klein et al., 2016).Hence, with the Privacy rule in the HIPAA, patients got certain important rights with respect todisclosure and confidentiality of their health informationAdvantage and disadvantages of adapting HITECH act for health care professionalsThe Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)was implemented in 2009 to promote adoption of electronic health record (EHR) and supportingtechnology in United States. It mainly aimed to incentivize health care providers to adapt HR anduse them in a meaningful way to reduce medical errors and additional cost in delivery of care.The advantages of HITECH Act for health care professional are as follows:With organizational support for using EHR, it has helped health care professionals to gainmany positive organizational and clinical outcomes. Clinicians who have adopted EHRhas improved operational performance and productivity of the health care organization aswell as promoted satisfaction of patients with care. Health care professional’s efficiency
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