DDHA 9100 Discussion: Enhancing Patient Care with Electronic Records

This discussion board post, related to the paper "Improving patient care through Electronic medical record system," examines the benefits of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems in modern healthcare. It highlights the challenges of manual documentation, such as errors and difficulties in managing large volumes of patient data, and how digitization can address these issues. The discussion emphasizes the potential of EHRs to reduce errors, improve data management, facilitate data analysis for public health research, and ultimately enhance the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care. The post references several studies that support the implementation of EHRs for better healthcare outcomes.

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Studying the paper “Improving patient care through Electronic medical record
system” by Soumia Chraibi I was able to learn few important aspects of Electronic Health
Record system, and how it can be useful to improve patient care. In the fast growing
healthcare sector, a significant issue arises due to errors in manual documentation of patient
information, as well as problem related to the maintenance of an increasing volume of patient
records, and locating the required information or modifying it when needed. Digitization of
the data however can address these challenges, allowing automated recording and
maintenance of patient data and allow efficient management of the patient information. It can
also help to reduce the manual errors in recording, and hence help to eliminate additional
costs incurred by the organization due to erroneous entry of patient data (Bowton et al., 2014;
Agha, 2014). This can further help to improve the quality as well as the costs of care
provided to the patients.
In the light of an ever increasing volume of patient records, an automated digital
record keeping system can be easy to maintain, update and share with relevant healthcare
professionals (Zahabi et al., 2015). Moreover a centralized data system can allow better
analysis of the information and help healthcare researcher to develop a comprehensive
understanding of public health patterns (Williams et al., 2015).
Therefore, Electronic health records can be an important strategy help the
organization improve its data recording and maintain ace process as well as help to improve
patient care through lesser medical errors and reduced costs of care.

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References:
Agha, L. (2014). The effects of health information technology on the costs and quality of
medical care. Journal of health economics, 34, 19-30.
Bowton, E., Field, J. R., Wang, S., Schildcrout, J. S., Van Driest, S. L., Delaney, J. T., ... &
Karnes, J. H. (2014). Biobanks and electronic medical records: enabling cost-effective
research. Science translational medicine, 6(234), 234cm3-234cm3.
Williams, H., Spencer, K., Sanders, C., Lund, D., Whitley, E. A., Kaye, J., & Dixon, W. G.
(2015). Dynamic consent: a possible solution to improve patient confidence and trust
in how electronic patient records are used in medical research. JMIR medical
informatics, 3(1).
Zahabi, M., Kaber, D. B., & Swangnetr, M. (2015). Usability and safety in electronic medical
records interface design: a review of recent literature and guideline
formulation. Human factors, 57(5), 805-834.