Health Information Systems: EMR and Quality of Care Analysis

This report delves into the impact of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) on healthcare quality, examining the benefits, challenges, and implementation strategies associated with health information systems (HIS). It covers key aspects such as data analysis, collaborative care, and cost control, alongside patient portals and Electronic Health Records (EHR). The report discusses interoperability, productivity gains, and the challenges of EHR implementation, including privacy and security breaches. It also explores relevant legislation like HIPAA and HITECH, and ways to integrate the human element in healthcare data management, alongside solutions to address privacy and security violations, emphasizing the importance of patient confidentiality and meaningful use of data. The report concludes with a discussion on actions to monitor privacy and security violations, offering a comprehensive overview of the role of EMRs in modern healthcare.

Do Electronic Medical Records
Improve Quality Of Care?
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HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
A health information system (HIS) is a
management system which has been
developed to assign the data retrieved
and maintained in any Medicare
department. This includes doctors’
chambers, government and personal
clinics as well as hospitals. These
departments manage all of the
patients’ electronic medical records
(Who.int, 2019).

BENEFITS OF
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Health information systems incline to
goal efficacy and records administration
(Schneider, 2006). The chief factors of
health information systems are:
• Data analysis
• Collaborative care
• Cost control
• Population health management

PATIENT PORTALS
EMR & EHR
MASTER PATIENT INDEX
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
The Electronic medical records replace paper
patient records. Some medical facilities
provide this information system. Medical
information for each patient must now be
collected and stored electronically. These
records will include patient health
information, test results, visits of doctors and
specialists, health care (healthit.gov, 2019).

IMPLEMENTATION
Successfully implementing an EHR system requires a
multi-disciplinary approach — from ensuring privacy
and security compliance to rethinking practice
workflows and training staff. This 9-step module can
help your practice plan for a smooth transition from
paper records to an EHR system (healthit.gov, 2019).
A successful EHR adoption consists of 2 steps:
• pre-implementation
• implementation

INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperable electronic health records
(EHR) allow the electronic sharing of
patient information between different
EHR systems and healthcare providers,
improving the ease with which doctors
can provide care to their patients and
patients can move in and out of
different care facilities
(elationhealth.com, 2019).

PRODUCTIVITY
It is possible to exchange health information
electronically providing accurate and updated
health information of the patients because of
Electronic Health Records (EHR), helping
providers in diagnosing patients efficiently,
provide safer and quality care and reduce
medical errors. EHR enables complete
documentation effectively by reducing the cost of
paper, minimizing the efforts of paperwork and
hence reduce duplication of testing, making
automated reports and improve medical
management by saving time, thereby increasing
the overall productivity of the hospital, staff and

SUPPORT CHALLENGES
Healthcare providers are implementing EHR
software at a somewhat remarkable rate.
According to the Centres for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), 73% of eligible
health care providers in the United States
have registered for the Medicare and
Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, which is
more than 388,000 medical professionals
(nuemd.com, 2019).

EHI
Electronic health information (EHI) has
transformed the efficiency, capacity, and functions
of the U.S. health system. For this reason, there is
increased attention to the “secondary use” of
electronic patient data for public health uses,
including disease reporting and investigation,
syndrome surveillance, and patient-specific or
population-level communications about health
conditions and their associated risk factors.
Secondary uses may also encompass clinical
research, licensure, and payment for services.

EHR
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an
electronic version of a patients medical
history, that is maintained by the provider
over time, and may include all of the key
administrative clinical data relevant to that
persons care under a particular provider,
including demographics, progress notes,
problems, medications, vital signs, past
medical history, immunizations, laboratory
data and radiology reports

HIPAA
The Privacy Policy Portability and
Accountability for Health Insurance (HIPAA)
defines protection for health data obtained
for primary use, while also allowing certain
secondary uses for public health.