Health IT Benefits and Risks Reflection

HEALTH IT BENEFITS REFLECTION

W E E K 4 D I S C U S S I O N 1

Health Information Management Using the Health IT.gov’s Benefits of EHRs web page, pick one of the impacts that EHRs have on the care of patients (e.g.

improved care, increased patient participation, improved care coordination, improved diagnostic outcomes, practice

efficiencies, or cost savings). Choose two of the multidisciplinary standard terminologies related to health IT discussed in

Chapter 22 of your textbook. In your initial posting to your classmates, discuss how the adoption of these standards

supports achieving the specific EHR impact that you chose. In your follow-up posts to classmates examine the differences

between the standards that you researched and those discussed by other classmates in different Ashford majors of study.

Nursing Using the Health IT.gov’s Benefits of EHRs web page, pick one of the impacts that EHRs have on the care of patients (e.g.

improved care, increased patient participation, improved care coordination, improved diagnostic outcomes, practice

efficiencies, or cost savings). Choose two of the standard terminologies related to nursing practice discussed in Chapter 22

of your textbook. In your initial posting to your classmates, discuss how the adoption of these standards supports achieving

the specific EHR impact that you chose. In your follow-up posts to classmates examine the differences between the

standards that you researched and those discussed by other classmates in different Ashford majors of study.

Health Administration Using the Health IT.gov’s Benefits of EHRs web page, pick one of the benefits of health IT for you and your family

considering the customers of health care facilities (e.g. producing paperwork, getting information into the hands of people

who need it, helping doctors with coordination of care and safety, reducing on necessary testing, or providing direct access

to health records). Choose two of the standard terminologies discussed in Chapter 22 of your textbook that you feel are

most important to leaders governing the adoption of an EHR. In your initial posting to your classmates, discuss how the

adoption of these standards supports achieving the specific Health IT benefit that you chose. In your follow-up posts to

classmates examine the differences between the standards that you researched and those discussed by other classmates in

different Ashford majors of study.

Health and Human Services Using the Health IT.gov’s Benefits of EHRs web page, pick one of the benefits of health IT for you and your family

considering the clients of health and human services organizations who maintain electronic client records (e.g. Producing

paperwork, getting information into the hands of people who need it, helping doctors with coordination of care and safety,

reducing on necessary testing or providing direct access to health records). Choose two of the multidisciplinary standard

terminologies related to health IT discussed in Chapter 22 of your textbook. In your initial posting to your classmates,

discuss how the adoption of these standards supports the health IT benefit that you chose. In your follow-up posts to

classmates examine the differences between the standards that you researched and those discussed by other classmates in

different Ashford majors of study.

Health Promotion Using the Health IT.gov’s Benefits of EHRs web page, pick one of the benefits of health IT for you and your family

considering the potential impact of Health IT on the population’s health (e.g. producing paperwork, getting information into

the hands of people who need it, helping doctors with coordination of care and safety, reducing on necessary testing or

providing direct access to health records). Choose two of the multidisciplinary standard terminologies related to health IT

discussed in Chapter 22 of your textbook. In your initial posting to your classmates, discuss how the adoption of these

standards supports the health IT benefit that you chose. In your follow-up posts to classmates examine the differences

between the standards that you researched and those discussed by other classmates in different Ashford majors of study.