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Study on Healthcare Information Systems (HISs)

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Study on Healthcare Information Systems (HISs)

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Running head: ISSUES, HEALTH INFORMATICSIssues, health informaticsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1ISSUES, HEALTH INFORMATICSHealthcare information systems (HISs) have made tremendous and astonishing advancesin the medical technology and treatment procedures with strong impact on the health informationexchange. Despite of the contributions made by HIS in the healthcare organization, the adoptionis low and healthcare professionals face issues while using health information system. One of thereasons that strain health informaticians' abilities to use HIS is lack of awareness among thehealthcare personnel in understanding the potentials of this health system (Fitterer et al., 2010). Physicians find it much longer to use the new computer system for data entry instead theyare conformable with pen and paper. Healthcare personnel spend around 80 hours per week;there is no extra time for the data entry to be done online. They find it difficult to use HIS as itpose severe limitations on their ability to make clinical judgments. The system is unable torecognize slight misspelled words and in Los Angeles, United Stated, about $34 million is spentfor the development and deployment of physician order entry system for labs, medications andprocedures. Health informaticians face a flood of excessive questions, electronic reminders andalerts associated with HIS. As a result, they are burdened with extra load of work and as a result,physicians are reluctant to use such a system that takes more time for the task completion(Smelcer, Miller-Jacobs & Kantrovich, 2009).Electronic Health Records (EHRs) often take long time and makes it difficult for thehealth informaticians to work quickly that often result in less productivity. They greatly faceusability problems while working with EHRs as it has long range of functionality due to itsstructural navigation. In an article published by The Information Week, it reported that one EHRtakes about 44% of the doctors’ time. A small-scale study conducted in Pennsylvania ER foundthat the physicians have to spend more time in inputting data as compared to taking care ofpatients. According to the Statistics, doctors spend 28% of time in patient care, 12% in reviewing
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