Implementation of technology

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Technology

Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records

Oluwaseun Banjo

Herzing University

NSG421

Jennifer Dremann

10/03/2021

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With the increased use of technologies in various aspects of human life, the healthcare sector should adopt advanced and approved technologies to facilitate its daily activities. Numerous benefits could be realized upon adopting and implementing various technologies within the healthcare sector. Among the benefits of health information technology is that it enables healthcare professionals to perform their duties more efficiently and effectively. This, in turn, leads to the improvement of the quality of healthcare services provided to the patients (Gallagher Healthcare, 2018). Perhaps health information technology can store and retrieve patient data and increase communication about patient information in a more understandable way. This not only makes work easier for healthcare professionals but also helps to ensure that patient safety is guaranteed through reduced risk of medication errors.

Based on the question, this discussion will provide more insights about how Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records facilitate the provision of quality and reliable healthcare services by intensively analyzing the purpose of this technology, its visions in relation to healthcare services, the objectives or goals need to be achieved upon the implementation of the said technology, the anticipated impacts of the technology alongside to hope to achieve after it is successfully implemented within healthcare facilities.

Purpose

The major purpose of adopting Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technologies within a healthcare organization is to ensure that traditional means of keeping records are dealt away with since they are inclined with more errors, an aspect that threatens patient safety and quality of healthcare services rendered. Perhaps with Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technologies in place, it will be easy to maintain neat, easily accessible, secure healthcare data (Gallagher Healthcare, 2018). This will further reduce transcription, increase accuracy, and the ability for healthcare providers to enter orders in multiple locations. Additionally, the said technology will also focus on facilitating easy and quick transmission orders electronically so as to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of submitting medication such as lab and radiology to the expected departments. Lastly, the purpose of implementing these technologies is to reduce the cost incurred in purchasing and maintaining paperwork as well as reduce issues of duplication of testing, an aspect that will ultimately lead to the improvement of healthcare services. In a nutshell, the implementation of Computerized provider ordering aims at replacing healthcare paper-based ordering systems with the intention to allow healthcare users to write electronically.

Vision.

Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technology implementation visons will be; to improve efficiency, reimbursement, and reduce medical errors associated with the use of paper-record and ordering systems. As the healthcare sector continues to grow and evolve technologically, some orders demand pre-approvals from insurance plans. With Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technologies in place, it will be easy for medical professionals to flag orders that may require pre-approval, and this will reduce the chances of being denied insurance claims (Gallagher Healthcare, 2018).

Goals for Technology Implementation.

The main goal of implementing Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technology with a healthcare facility is to improve the quality of care since electronic and computerized notes are easy to read and understand as opposed to the physicians handwriting (Aronson et al., 2020). This will reduce the risk of errors resulting from the poor interpretation of physicians handwriting, whose impacts can negatively affect the quality of care patients receive. Secondly, electronic records will also promote better security and privacy among patients since their data will be much more secure in digital format than when compiled in paperwork. Perhaps in digital format, healthcare databases will be compiled and stored with limited access by only authorized individuals.

Besides that, there will reduce chances of data misplacement, such as missing files or pages as it witnesses in the paperwork recording system where a few pages may disappear from a file. This will ensure that the workflow within the healthcare facility will be continuous and smooth (Aronson et al., 2020). Other than that, it can be said that the implementation of Computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records technologies will make the work of healthcare providers much easy as sharing of electronic information among patients and other clinicians will be accelerated.

Hope to Achieve by Implementing this Technology.

Among the things we hope to achieve by implementing these technologies include; securing the electronic information and facilitate reliable means of sharing such information with patients and other healthcare professionals as the need may dictate. Other than that, we hope that with the implementation of Computerized provider ordering and electronic records, it will be easy for healthcare practitioners to effectively diagnose patients as well as reduce the medical error associated with traditional means of keeping records and prescribing medication. This will, in turn, improve the quality of patient care services and, above all, ensure that patient's health and life are safer than before (Aronson et al., 2020).

How it will Impact Workflow & Patient Care.

The Healthcare sector is more sensitive than any other sector since it deals with human life. Without reliable technologies that could increase efficiency and reduce errors as a result of poor interpretation of patient medical data, public health may be compromised. Adoption of Computerized provider ordering will be the most incredible step made to reduce many of the challenges facing healthcare organizations (Kashani & Herasevich, 2015). These technologies will minimize time wastage since it will be easy to order tests and medical data from whichever location. It will help clinicians securely share and communicate with patients and provide patient-specific services. Secondly, the workflow will be efficient and convenient for nurse staff because there will be no time wastage in sorting and perusing through cumbersome paper records; users will be able to access electronic health records with a single click on the keyboard.

Conclusion.

In conclusion, healthcare facilities need to implement technologies that will ensure the provision of quality care and the safety of the patient. The utilization of Computerized provider ordering along with electronic medical records will serve to offer reliable services with the objective to reduce medical errors, improve communication and interaction between clinicians and patients, facilitate an effective and secure way of sharing electronic data as well as allowing healthcare professionals to enter orders electronically and manager the outcomes of such orders with minimal time wastage (Kashani & Herasevich, 2015). Misinterpretation of medical information by the patients due to poor handwriting from the clinicians together with poor transcriptions will be drastically reduced if Healthcare providers sufficiently use computerized provider ordering and electronic medical records.

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