Electronic Medical Records

A. Discuss and analyze health information systems by doing the following:

1. Summarize advantages and disadvantages of a system, including the following:

• usability

• interoperability

• scalability

• compatibility

2. Describe how a system will affect patient care and documentation.

3. Explain how using a system to access information will affect the quality and delivery of nursing care and patient outcomes.

B. Discuss how a system will benefit the organization by addressing the following:

1. Provide two ways that quality improvement (QI) data collected from a system can lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups.

2. Explain how a system will meet HITECH and HIPAA security standards and regulations, including the following:

• data storage integrity

• data backup and recovery

3. Explain how a system will protect patient privacy.

4. Describe how adopting a system will improve organizational efficiency and productivity by addressing the following factors to the organization, including the following:

• standardizing documentation

• reducing waste

• increasing productivity

• human and capital resource

C. Describe four essential stakeholder roles needed to form an interdisciplinary team to work on a system implementation, including the following:

• each team member’s title in the organization

• each team member’s role in the implementation of the health information system

• each team member’s expertise and how it contributes to the success of the project

D. Discuss your plan for evaluating the success of the implementation of a system by incorporating two professional organization standards.

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.