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Chapter 8 Discussion Questions
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Chapter 8 Discussion Questions 1. Explain how the delivery of health care services can benefit from health information systems, and provide two examples. health information systems reduce dependency on human labor force thus, scope of error is reduced and productivity is improved significantly. maximum amount of data can be collected that is not possible in manual delivery of services. also helps in standardization of process that is not possible in manual delivery. Thus, outcome of the delivery is more predictable. Further, automation can also reduce waste that makes health care delivery in an efficient manner. Examples of such equipment were use of robots in pharmacy, which would pick and provide medications to the patients and analyzers in the laboratory, which led to high speed processing and consistent processing of the specimens 2. What two pressures on the health care industry, the first in the 1990s and the second in the 2000s, conclude that electronic medical records are essential? 1990: Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report demanding for computer -based patient report as it is an essential technology in healthcare industry. 2000s: A report by institute of Medicine (IOM) was presented which identifies that in US there was 99, 00 preventable annual death, and demanded for the need to build healthcare system safer. 3.

What are the differences between EMRs and EHRs? What challenges have they presented for health care managers? And, what challenges does the future proffer?

EMR electronic record of health-related info that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians within one healthcare organization. HER electronic record of health-related info that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians across more than one healthcare organization. Some of the challenges for EMRs are Not designed to be shared outside the individual practice, and Patient record does not easily travel outside the practice. EHRs challenge are Streamlined sharing of updated, real-time information, allows a patient’s medical information to move with them and Access to tools that providers can use for decision making....