Electronic Health Records �

Ashley Levy, Jordan Matheney, Devon Schmid, Rose Kariampally, Sherwin Lakhmani�

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What is EHR?�!   Digital version of a patient’s paper chart �

!   Real-time patient-centered records�

!   Digital/computer versions of patient medical histories that are generally maintained and updated (in real time) by the provider �

!   Allows clinicians to provide better healthcare to patients�

!   EHR systems are built to share information with other health care providers�

!   Makes records more legible�

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What does EHR include?�!   Demographics (such as type of disease or condition) �

!   Progress Notes �

!   Problems �

!   Medications �

!   Vital signs �

!   Past Medical History �

!   Immunizations �

!   Laboratory Data �

!   Radiology Reports �

Electronic Health Record Example�

Why do we need EHR?�

!   Facilitates Information Exchange�

!   Lower Costs�

!   E-Prescribing�

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Why it is needed?�!   Improve quality and convenience of patient care�

!   Increase patient participation in their care�

!   Improve accuracy of diagnoses and health outcomes�

!   Improve care coordination�

!   Increase practice efficiencies and cost savings�

!   Reducing preventable medical errors�

!   Making health information available to authorized health care providers wherever and whenever a patient gets care, improving the coordination and continuity of care and promoting informed decision-making �

How do physicians get it?�

!   The HITECH Act �

!   Government certified�

!   Demonstrate “meaningful

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EHR Market Growth�

!   Growth has been steady�

!   Initial projections overestimated�

!   Many doctors do not want to change�

!   Although the benefits seem to out weigh the costs many doctors seem to find reasons not to change�

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What about paper based personal health records?�

!   Contains allergies, medical history, treatments, and past treatments�

!   Doctors are used to analog�

!   Hard to steal large amounts of data�

!   Expensive to train employees�

!   Implementation costs and benefits�

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Interview with a Doctor �

!   Take one or two providers and go to their websites and that would be and interesting addition. Talk about what the different companies offer and the functionality that is available between all the systems.�

Works Cited�

! http://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/faqs/what-electronic-health-record-ehr �