Discussion Post: Healthcare Informatics System Evaluation and Analysis

This assignment analyzes a discussion post that explores the role of healthcare informatics in improving patient care and public health. The post examines the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and their impact on chronic disease management, patient safety, and healthcare efficiency. The analysis evaluates three different discussion post replies, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each argument. The first reply discusses the need for school nurses, the second focuses on the implementation of EHR systems, and the third provides a comprehensive overview of EHRs and public health record systems, including their advantages and disadvantages. The assignment emphasizes the importance of validating information through proper citations and references. It assesses the quality of the discussions, including the depth of analysis, the use of supporting evidence, and the overall effectiveness of the arguments presented. The assignment also highlights the importance of discussing the negative aspects of EHRs, such as medication errors and documentation errors, to provide a complete and comprehensive discussion of the topic.

Running head: DISCUSSION POST
DISCUSSION POST ASSIGNMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Reply 1
This post discussed about the need of nursing professionals in school facilities so that
children with disabilities, or adverse health conditions could be provided with rapid and fast
healthcare interventions so that with proper education, healthcare could also be reinforced (Libby
et al., 2014). The discussion points out the disadvantages of not having school based nurses in
the school facilities and provides a data of a survey where majority of the parents supported
employing a nursing professionals within school facilities. However, there is no reference of the
survey has been provided and no such research articles has been cited depending on which the
information could be validated (Auerbach et al., 20-15). Further, while discussion about
children’s safety and healthcare needs within school facilities, discussion about Chicago Public
School system has been done and hence, proper citation of the school website and their argument
about the discussion should be provided with proper reference. Hence, the discussion fails to
validate the provided information regarding the school based nursing.
Reply 2
This post discusses about the implementation of electronic health record system and
healthcare informatics so that patients with chronic illness and diseases could be provided with
complete details of their illness and treatment so that patients and their complete health details
could be available under their fingertips (World Health Organization, 2016). This discussion
provided details of several advantages of using electronic health record system and informatics
in determining the efficiency and experiencing the complete healthcare system (Patel, &
Kannampallil, 2015). However, there are no such documents and references cited in the
discussion post where such advantages and points were mentioned and the information could be

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validated. However, in these aspects the negative facts of the electronic health record associated
with medication errors or documentation error should have been provided so that complete and
comprehensive discussion could be provided and improvement in the process could be spread
and people could be aware of the negative effects of the process.
Reply 3
This discussion mentions several aspects of the electronic health record system and
public health record system and mentions the advantages it imparts in the healthcare system and
the negative aspects which could be overcome through proper action were mentioned. This
discussion properly mentioned each detail and validated them through the use of research articles
and governmental websites and hence the authenticity of this discussion was a strong point
(Ellen, Day & Davies, 2018). Further, the comprehensive manner of discussion, the regulations
that have been mentioned in the post and its loopholes were presented in a good manner that
helps to understand the primary motive of this discussion post (Miner et al., 2014). Further, the
role of these public healthcare system in maintaining ethically compliance care system were
logically presented with proper documented support so that reader can easily understand the
benefits this computer informatics system provides to the healthcare system.

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