Telemedicine with EHR Integration

Running head: NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Telemedicine with EHR integration: Needs Assessment
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1NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The current healthcare system can be revolutionized by the incorporation of online
technology. It is very important for all the healthcare facilities and hospitals to incorporate
those online systems, which can treat and monitor the patients who live in the remote areas.
Incorporating these systems to the EHR system is beneficial as it can improve the flow of
data the physicians receive (Blumenthal, & Tavenner, 2010). The American Telemedicine
Association described telemedicine as the exchange of medical information from one site to
another site through the electronic communication system to improve the clinical health of a
patient.
The way of conducting the needs assessment:
To conduct the needs assessment on EHR and telemedicine integration, two different
types of questionnaires would be in need, to know the gaps of implementing the integration
of telemedicine with EHR. One type of questionnaire would be for every healthcare staff
including the physicians, and nurses. Another type of questionnaire would be for the patients.
To address the gaps of the implementation of EHR and telemedicine, more or less 300
patients of the hospital are needed to be interviewed.
A web-based survey was also chosen for the patients who are already using the
system. Their care plan and the clinical records were already recorded in the EHR system.
These patients might be used as a focus group. They are perfect for providing the hospitals
with plans about how to better the system and how to make the system more user-friendly.
The hospital staffs would also provide some information about the betterment of the system
at their end.
One of the possible gaps of the EHR- Telemedicine integration is adoptability of the
patients with the new technology. The patients need to be trained to use the facility (Cifuentes