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HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS AND PATIENT CARE
Healthcare Informatics and Patient Care
Healthcare Informatics and Patient Care
Managers
In this paper, we will discuss the benefits of having technology around us and how it can be crucial for the daily operations of healthcare organization. Some of the benefits of having technologies are improvement in patient care, operate efficiently and reduction of cost. To make a healthcare organization successful, every staff member should know their role in improving patient care. One of them is a Director of Admissions, who can utilize technology/system to improve patient care in many ways. The Director of Admissions “admits patients by directing the admissions process; developing, implementing and maintaining revenue-generating strategies; determining and implementing admissions best-practices; promoting the hospital; maintaining a satisfied patient base” (Monster, n.d.).
Patient Care
The technology that the Director of Admissions use to make daily workflow seamless is the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and admission/discharge/transfer (ADT) system. An ADT system is “used to input patient registration information which results in the creation of an automated master patient index (MPI) database that allows for storage and retrieval of the information” (Bowie, M. J., 2018). Using these systems can easily improve patient care because the technology can allow for an efficient workflow without errors.
The Director of Admissions can manage an HL7 ADT Message system for the staff to let each department know when a patient is admitted, discharged or transferred (Health Standards, 2006). This can be handy to better care of patients by properly communicating with different departments of the hospital. For example, if a patient has arrived for his/her minor same day surgery, upon registration the message can be sent to the surgery department that patient has been admitted and on the way. This can expedite the service and patient experience.
Cost and Efficiency
The EHR and ADT systems are safe and can admission process much easier, efficient, and reduce human errors. Reducing error can essentially reduce cost. The Director of Admissions can run daily “admission logs, bed utilization reports, current charges reports, daily census, daily discharge/transfer logs, and patient profile (Green & Bowie, 2016, 8-1a). The Director of Admissions can run daily current charges reports that can help them keep on track with expected account receivable. The Director of Admissions can track down who owes the company money, and he /she can forward the report to organizations account and billing department. This can help organization collect money. Technology makes this process easier and elements costly run around and paper trails.
Decision Making
The reports and data collected from the Director of Admissions can help organization make decisions in different department. For example, running a daily census report can let certain wards of the hospital know how busy they are and what kind of staffing level will be needed to properly care for the patients. The Director of Admissions has to make sure that the collected data are sent to all the managers and supervisors of the hospital to help them make decision.
Reference
Bowie, M. J. (2018). Essentials Health Information Management: Principle & Practices (4th ed.). Place of publication not identified: Cengage Learning Custom P.
Monster (n.d.). Admissions Director Hospital Job Description. Retrieved on November 21, 2018 from https://hiring.monster.com/hr/hr-best-practices/recruiting-hiring-advice/job-descriptions/admissions-director-hospital-job-description.aspx
Health Standards (2006 October 5). What is an HL7 ADT Message? Retrieved on November 21, 2018 from http://healthstandards.com/blog/2006/10/05/what-is-an-adt-message/
