Healthcare Record and Reporting in Healthcare Settings: Task 2

This report delves into the crucial aspects of healthcare record keeping and reporting within health and social care settings, emphasizing the role of technology and patient involvement. It explores the benefits of digital tools, such as patient record databases and biometric tools, in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare services. The report highlights the advantages of involving service users in record keeping, including increased flexibility, improved communication, and resource savings. It also reviews the use of digital technology in medical management procedures and emphasizes the importance of producing accurate, legible, and concise records while adhering to relevant guidelines. Furthermore, the report analyzes different aspects of managing service user records and discusses how maintaining these records can enhance the delivery of health and social care services. The report emphasizes the importance of proper planning of record-keeping measures within healthcare settings to meet operational requirements and support the development of high-quality services for patients. The analysis also covers the use of digital tools to increase patient satisfaction and the need to adhere to national and local policies to improve the overall performance of healthcare organizations, including the NHS.

Healthcare settings record
and report- Task 2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Use of technology in recording and reporting own care setting..................................................1
Benefits of involving service users in record keeping.................................................................2
Review of digital technology in medical management procedures.............................................2
Producing accurate, legible and concise record in regard to service users and following the
guidelines.....................................................................................................................................3
Different aspects of own management of service user records....................................................3
Analyse the process of maintaining the records that will help in improving the carrying out of
health and social care services within the firm............................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In a health and social care organisations have a significant role in maintaining the quality
of healthcare services for the people in society. They use different technologies and tools which
help them to provide them with suitable health and social care services. The digital and other
technologies that are been carried out within the firm will help in improving the overall
performance of the organisation in most effective and suitable manner. Maintaining the patients
records and their health details is a vital operation of the form that will help in proper assessment
of national and local policies which will improve operations of the firm like NHS. Besides this
different policies and guidelines can be followed that will help in improving overall performance
of the organisation.
MAIN BODY
Use of technology in recording and reporting own care setting
With the advancement of medical field, this can be said that the effective planning of the
health and social care services provided to the patients at NHS. This will not only help in
monitoring the health condition of the patients within an organisation. This will help in
improving the sales and gaining a good market share that will support rise in quality standards
and effectiveness of services. The digitalisation of the care monitoring and record keeping will
not only help in improving effectiveness of the services but also support the organisation to save
their time and resources in most effective and suitable manner (Dean, Victor and Guidry-Grimes,
2018). It will help in following of principles and polices that will improve care options and
meeting the guidelines of National institute of Care and excellence (NICE).
Different technologies including the software's and applications like Patient record
database and biometric tools can be incorporated within selected health and social care setting
that will help in tracking down of health care measures undertaken within the firm to provide
good services to patients. Hardware tools like, smartphones, fitness trackers and tablet PC's can
be used to keep the record of patients within the organisation. Apart from this, distance
prescription or digital consultation from a medical officer or physician can be provided by the
means of telephonic call or video conferencing in tolerable cases, that will help in improving the
health and social care services. It will help in meeting the co management approaches which will
help in improving patients or service user's satisfaction level towards the firm. However, the data
breaches and maintaining the privacy of patients is the major concern that will impact the
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providing of suitable treatment and health care services within the organisation and carrying out
of health and social care operations within the firm.
Benefits of involving service users in record keeping
There are significant benefits or advantages of incorporating and carrying out of record
keeping that will help in meeting the operational requirements of the organisation which
improves the quality or effectiveness of carrying out of services within the firm. Some major
advantages of including the service user in record keeping are:
Rise in flexibility: This will help the organisation to provide the effective and suitable
and effective record keeping this will help in improving the services that will help in proper
planning of health and care facilities to cater wider range of customer's.
Rise in communication and having good information sharing: The interpersonal
communication will improve between the management of the organisation and the service user
as well as the patents in health care setting. This will help in proper carrying out of the services
that will help in improving the services that will help in carrying out of the services and thus will
help in proper and effective operations that will help in record keeping.
Saving time and resources: the involvement of service user in health and social care
setting will help in improving the quality of services that will help in meeting the health and
social care requirements that will help in improving the overall performance of the organisation.
The communication and involvement will make sure that the resource implied are significantly
used without any wastage (Gagnon and et,al., 2016).
Resolving the ethical issues: The firm will look after the proper assessment of
information, reducing the negative impacts of the organisation and thus will help in reducing the
conflicts that will help in meeting the needs or demands of the users or patients in health and
social care setting. Besides this, it will also help in meeting the operational factors and operations
that will help the firm to carry out its services and meeting of operational requirements of the
organisation. Other than this, it will help in encouraging the development and providing of
services which is been carried out at NHS.
Review of digital technology in medical management procedures
The use of effective hardware and software's that are been utilized will help in improving
the sales and setting up of operations which are been carried out at the organisation in most
suitable way (Caban and Gotz, 2015). This will help in improving the effectiveness of
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organisation to set the proper planning of medical management procedures that will help in
improving the sales that will help in maintaining the health and social care standards.
Producing accurate, legible and concise record in regard to service users and following the
guidelines
An effective and concise record of health and social care setting is required to look after
the proper evaluation of the health and social care setting guidelines. It should be precise,
complete and accurate in nature which is required to be very clear and precise in nature. The
service users will help in maintaining the services and caring out of operations which will lead to
following of services that will help in meeting the users or patients requirements of the
organisation on time. This will also help in suitable monitoring of the requirements of the
organisation. This will help in meeting the needs and demands of the organisation in much
effective manner (Whitehead and et.al., 2015).
Different types of records including time sheets used to monitor the intervals of treatment
and medication, minutes of meeting used for identifying the stages and process carried out within
a meeting and planning it further, Nutritional status to monitor nutrition intake of a person and
progress report to track down the recovery of a user or patient. This will help in improving the
operations which are been carried out by the firm to handle the operations and other facilities of
the firm. The proper understanding of the record keeping and maintaining the guidelines will
help in proper planning of services that will support in meeting the needs and demands of their
user or patients at NHS.
Different aspects of own management of service user records
Being a service user, effective management of service issues can be carried out within the
firm that will help in suitable planning of the services that will help in improving the sales of the
organisation. Thus, various measures can be undertaken within the firm. This will help in
improving national and local policies that will help in meeting the needs and setting up of
guidelines which will help in improving the overall performance of the organisation. This
includes the traits like numeracy skills, day to day administration of the job that is been
performed at the work place (Hawkey and et.al., 2018.).
It will also help in carrying out of the operations and thus will help in proper planning of
the records and thus will help in meeting the operational requirements of the organisation and
identifying the needs and demands of patients which is required to be fulfilled within the
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organisation. The information includes the nutritional and fluid intake details, movement details
and routine check ups that are been carried out.
Analyse the process of maintaining the records that will help in improving the carrying out of
health and social care services within the firm
The record keeping and monitoring facilities that is been carried out at the organisation
will help in improving the execution of the health care services that are been carried out at the
organisation (Hanauer and et.al., 2015). A proper monitoring will also help in planning suitable
strategies that will help in setting up of operational goals and meeting the health and social care
requirements of the organisation.
CONCLUSION
Based on the analysis that is been carried out, this can be said that the proper planning of
the record keeping measures in a health and social care setting is very important. This will help
in meeting the operational requirements of the organisation and support developing of high
quality products and services for their patients or users. Other than this, the usage of latest and
advance digital tools and technologies will help in improving the satisfaction level, preciseness
and awareness of management towards a disease. Other than this, it will also help in meeting the
operational requirements in the most economic and cost effective manner.
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