ITC548 System Analysis and Design: Evaluating My Health Record System

This report provides a visual plan of the 'My Health Record' electronic summary developed by the Commonwealth government of Australia, examining its problems, capabilities, and benefits. The report identifies financial and security issues, lack of awareness and technology, and the need for clear rules and regulations. It highlights capabilities such as easy updates and access for patients and doctors, improved quality of patient care, and benefits like anywhere access, better communication, and reduced medical errors. The analysis concludes that 'My Health Record' has the potential to enhance healthcare delivery by providing comprehensive patient information to healthcare providers, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

ITC548
System Analysis and Design
Assessment 1
Understanding the Problem
Student Name: Jerome Ankit Dubey
Student ID: 11614386

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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
Problems......................................................................................................................................3
Capabilities..................................................................................................................................4
Benefits........................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................7
References....................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
The “My health record” electronic summary is an electronic medical record which is developed
by Commonwealth government of Australia. This service can be used in any part of Australia.
This service is launched to benefit both patients as well as the doctor. The details can be inserted
by individual and individual select that can access the records. The My health record electronic
summary can be used by the doctor to track the patient medical details and provide better
treatment and also saves the time of a doctor. The visual plan of “My health record” will be
made which will discuss problems, capabilities, and benefits of “My health record” electronic
summary.
Problems
‘My Health Record’ faced some problems that are as follows:
Financial related issues:
Day-by-day the cost of medicines, hospital charge is increasing day by day. The treatment cost is
increasing gradually day by day. And it is not feasible for poor persons to get good treatment
because of the high cost. The cost of doctor’s appointment is very high that it is out of reach for
poor people.
Security issues:
My health record faces security issues to maintain data of patients. Security issues like who can
access the database, who can edit the database. These security issues are creating a problem to
maintain the “My health record” database (Wang, Zhang &Vimalachandran, 2015).
Lack of awareness
As My health record is becoming popular in Australia but till yet it is not reached to every person
living in Australia. It is because of lack of awareness of “My health record” as it is in the early
stage not everyone is aware of it.
Rules & Regulations
To provide the authenticity to “My health record” electronic summary is a major task. To set the
rules that can access the electronic summary, who can edit the electronic summary? A sit will be
developed by the government of Australia the authenticity issue will be resolved in future.
Lack of technology:
The technology used to develop my health record electronic summary is not sufficient to
maintain the complete summary of all patient details. To maintain the database is a major task
(Hunter, 2016).
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Capabilities
Easy updates:
The individual can easily update the records of “My health record”. The patient can update,
delete any information in the database very easily. An individual will select who will access
database and who will not access the database.
Easy Access
The individual set permissions that that can access the record of an individual. An individual can
give permission to doctors, hospitals, and another medical health provider. The doctor can access
the record of an individual and check the medical history of the patient and give treatment to the
individual.
Help doctors
The doctors, hospitals and another medical health provider can see patient medical history using
“My health record”. They can check the patient information from the electronic summary of “My
health record”. When doctor will provide treatment to the patient they can use the electronic
summary at that time.
Improve the quality of patient care
My health record electronic summary includes all the important information of the patient. This
electronic summary can be used to see the patient medical history. Before this electronic
summary there was lack of information of a patient which results to decrease in quality of
treatment but after using “My health record” electronic summary the complete information of the
patient is recorded which helps in quality treatment (Florman, 2014).
Benefits
(Usfhealthonline, n.d.) Noted benefits of electronic medical record that are mentioned here: -
Anywhere access
The “My health record” electronic summary can be accessed anytime, anywhere. It can be used
in rural areas too which helps the village people of Australia. As in rural areas, the medical
services are not proper. So, using the information from “My health record” the doctors of rural
areas can provide better treatment to the patient of rural areas (Usfhealthonline, n.d.).
Improve health care system
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The “My health record” electronic summary is a great step to support the health care system of
Australia. The “My health record” electronic summary helps patients, doctors, and hospitals so
that every individual of Australia can get good treatment. The “My health record” electronic
summary also helps healthcare providers to track the patient treatment details so that they can
schedule more patient and help them by providing better treatment.
Better communication
Using “My health record” electronic summary, the better communication can be established
among patients and doctors. The doctors can provide better treatment as he/she has all the patient
medical history details stored in “My health record” electronic summary. Doctors can do a better
evaluation and can do a better diagnosis of patients (Kanter, 2016).
Helps in emergency
My health record electronic summary benefits at the time of medical emergency. The My health
record electronic summary saves the time of the doctor as they don’t have to test the patient
repeatedly as they have all the test details stored in My health record electronic summary. And at
the time of emergency, the details stored in “My health record” electronic summary provide
critical and life-saving details to the emergency care provider. The My health record electronic
summary also helps when there is a situation of natural disasters as at that time of situation there
is not much time to do complete test the My health record electronic summary can be used at that
time to get details of the medical history of the patient.
Benefits to a healthcare provider
When a patient gets treatment from the doctor the doctor can track the history of the patient
which include details like allergies, blood group, past surgeries any medical prescription. As
“My health record” electronic summary can be accessed from anywhere it saves the time of a
healthcare provider.
Reduce the medical errors
The “My health record” electronic summary helps to reduce the medical errors which benefit
both patient and medical healthcare provider. As there are millions of patient files the “My health
record” electronic summary reduces the paperwork so that there is less chance that files get
misplaced (Cassell, 2016).
Conclusion
The “My health record” electronic summary provides complete information of the medical
history of the patient so that healthcare provider can provide better treatment to the patient. The
details can be inserted by an individual of Australia. In this visual plan of “My health record”,
the problems, capabilities, and benefits of “My health record” electronic summary are been
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discussed. The “My health record” electronic summary facility will benefit every individual to
get proper health facilities.
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References
 Cassell, A. (2016). Benefits of electronic medical record. Retrieved 6 March 2018, from
https://doi-org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1007/978-3-319-24190-6_5
 Florman, L. (2014). Electronic medical record. Retrieved 6 March 2018, from https://doi-
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 Hunter, E. (2016). Problems in electronic medical record. Retrieved 6 March 2018, from
https://doi-org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1007/s11606-016-3809-9
 Usfhealthonline,(2018). Benefits of electronic healthcare records. Retrieved 6 March
2018, from https://www.usfhealthonline.com/resources/healthcare/benefits-of-ehr/
 Kanter, M. (2016). Impact of Electronic Medical Record Use on the Patient–Doctor
Relationship and Communication. Retrieved 6 March 2018, from https://doi-
org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1007/s11606-016-3626-1
 Wang, H., Zhang, Y., &Vimalachandran, P. (2015). Securing Electronic Medical Record
and Electronic Health Record Systems Through an Improved Access Control. Retrieved 6
March 2018, from https://doi-org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1007/978-3-319-19156-0_3
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