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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
A Qualitative Analysis Of The Health Informatics Role In Addressing The Public Health Crisis Of Addiction And Overall Effectiveness Of Treatment, Daniel Del Toro
A Qualitative Analysis Of The Health Informatics Role In Addressing The Public Health Crisis Of Addiction And Overall Effectiveness Of Treatment, Daniel Del Toro
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In recent years, the implementation of Health Information Management (HIM) data systems has had significant positive impacts in nearly all aspects of both health and healthcare delivery. However, during this time, there has also been a dramatic increase in the demand for addiction and mental health treatment. The rising number of individuals requiring mental health treatment for addiction has resulted in its declaration as an urgent public health epidemic by the Department of Health and Human Services. The all-encompassing effects of addiction are prevalent in all areas of society, seen in the form of across-the-board rising healthcare costs, addiction related …
Does The Electronic Health Record Improve The Timeliness Review And Notification Of Medical Laboratory And X-Ray Test Results?, Ruby Estes
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The medical community struggles with timeliness issues throughout the different healthcare environments in many areas of patient care. The demands of meeting patient care needs is great everywhere. One area that can lead to extreme adverse outcomes and affects patient safety is failure to review and follow-up on medical test results timely. In addition the lack of timely follow-up and treatment can lead to medico-legal implications for all healthcare professionals involved in the patients care. Some timeliness issues have been attributed to understaffed healthcare institutions, lack of trained staff, and in many instances inefficient and insufficient processes. This is an …
Is Cloud Computing In Healthcare Providing A Safe Environment For Storing Protected Health Information? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Ashley N. Hayes
Is Cloud Computing In Healthcare Providing A Safe Environment For Storing Protected Health Information? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Ashley N. Hayes
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Over the past several years, cloud computing has become increasingly more popular for the use of storing, accessing, and maintaining electronic health records (EHRs). In comparison to conventional EHR management tools, such as installed software, cloud computing offers more capabilities for medical facilities and their patients. Experts claim that in addition to changing the face of health information technology, it will also advance healthcare services, and benefit medical research. As the use of cloud computing has increased, so has the amount of healthcare data breaches. This study is proposing that there is a correlation between the increase in cloud computing …
Adoption Rate Of A Certified Ehr At Medical Practices With Five Or Fewer Physicians, Nelda Onwualiaobu
Adoption Rate Of A Certified Ehr At Medical Practices With Five Or Fewer Physicians, Nelda Onwualiaobu
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The adoption rate of a certified electronic health record (EHR) for small medical practices have been the subject of discussion because prior research shows that larger medical practices have a higher rate of adoption than small medical practices. The major reason for this disparity has been the cost of adoption and implementation as many small practices are not financially equipped to shoulder this burden. The purpose of this research was to determine the adoption rate of a certified EHR for medical practices with five or fewer physicians. Through a google search and filtering the results of the search, the office …
How Barriers To Using The Electronic Health Record Effects Behavioral Healthcare, Jennifer Woodard
How Barriers To Using The Electronic Health Record Effects Behavioral Healthcare, Jennifer Woodard
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The healthcare scene is rapidly changing due to the introduction of the electronic health record (EHR) and advances in technology. This means more patient data is readily available for use and gives physicians and patients’ faster access to that data. With the passing of recent legislature such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, resulting in the rapid adoption of electronic health records due to incentive payment programs. With this comes the push for use of the electronic health record to prepare for Meaningful Use and improved …
Are Bay County Florida Healthcare Facilities Ready For Pama Imaging Cds Mandate?, Kelly Johnson
Are Bay County Florida Healthcare Facilities Ready For Pama Imaging Cds Mandate?, Kelly Johnson
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The Electronic Health Record (EHR) has been a major player on the healthcare scene in recent years. Its use has ushered in a new phase of focus on quality healthcare combined with and aided by technological integration. Within this technological integration have come adjutant tools including Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools. Among these applications are those focused on appropriate imaging by use of CDS designed according to Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC). The imaging CDS tools are available to aid the provider in selecting the appropriate imaging study for the clinical indications present. The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) passed …
Nutrition Informatics: Information Technology Transition For Registered Dieticians, Arlanda Bell
Nutrition Informatics: Information Technology Transition For Registered Dieticians, Arlanda Bell
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The passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) has created a growing push for healthcare organizations to no longer use paper based records and convert to an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Along with the adoption of an EHR comes a necessary change for ancillary services like nutrition and dietetic services because it affects patient care as well. In order to maintain a professional standard in patient healthcare as other health disciplines have done, the development of nutrition informatics model has become necessary. Nutrition informatics will prove to be a necessary addition to the developing …
Ehr Quality Documentation Research Thesis, Ashley Danielle Holmes
Ehr Quality Documentation Research Thesis, Ashley Danielle Holmes
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This research proposal contains and introduction to my proposed research, background of the issue at hand, purpose of the research, significance of the research, research questions that I will be asking, definition of terms, limitations that I may be facing, literature review, SWOT Analysis, and Work Flow diagram on literature review. Also discussed are my proposed research methodology, research design, population sample, data collection procedures, as well as a table of survey variables that I propose to include. This proposal will go over why documentation quality and quantity is so important and the history behind why we are facing a …
Icd-10 Implementation: What Impact Did It Have On Medical Facilities Across The Country?, Tammy Collins
Icd-10 Implementation: What Impact Did It Have On Medical Facilities Across The Country?, Tammy Collins
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The Department of Health and Human Services mandated that all Health InsurancePortability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities implement The International Classification of Diseases tenth edition (ICD-10) on October 1, 2015. The United States was the last industrialized country to move to the new coding system. A survey of HIM professionals was conducted across the United States to determine what efforts they experienced during the implementation of ICD-10; outline a timeline of implementation efforts for the transition of ICD-9 to ICD-10; uncover the major expenses organizations incurred through the implantation process; define training initiatives; and disclose the financial impact the …
User Acceptance Of Neurology Telemedicine Technology In The Emergency Department, Teresa W. Mcneil
User Acceptance Of Neurology Telemedicine Technology In The Emergency Department, Teresa W. Mcneil
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There is currently a significant shortage of trained neurologists in the country. In addition to the shortfall of neurologists, there is an increasing need for this specialty due to an aging population, increase in the incident of neurologic diseases and an increasing demand for healthcare (Freeman, 2013). The development of tele neurology technology has been shown to help address these problems. As with any new technology there are multiple barriers to overcome, one of those being user acceptance of the technology. A survey of users of the telemedicine product VGo was conducted at Hunt Regional Medical Center to access the …
Information Governance: An Investigation Of Interface Errors Between Source And Receiving Systems, Michelle R. Mitcheff
Information Governance: An Investigation Of Interface Errors Between Source And Receiving Systems, Michelle R. Mitcheff
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The monitoring of interoperability of information in healthcare organizations is of increasing interest due to patient safety, operational and financial considerations. This monitoring is referred to as information governance (IG) and is a complex topic based on several underlying concepts. Interfacing information at the foundational, structural and semantic level is necessary for meaningful use of health information. Issues that arise range from incongruent transfer of information from source systems to receiving systems, discrepancies in the source system and receiving system and failures in interfacing information. This research project examines information governance from the perspective of failures in interfacing information from …
Will Meaningful Use (Mu) Improve Cancer Data Reporting?, Curtisha Manire
Will Meaningful Use (Mu) Improve Cancer Data Reporting?, Curtisha Manire
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The American Recover and Reinvestment Act directives supply the healthcare community with the improvement of technology across the nation through the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed in 2009 by promoting healthcare technology. In order to reach the goal of an interoperability that supports reliable communication systems, certain individual technological objectives need to be addressed in particular, Meaningful Use (MU). Meaningful Use objectives contribute to interoperability, with potential outcomes that may increase accuracy and reduce time for reporting. This study will describe how cancer data reporting methods impacts data accuracy and turnaround time evolving around transitions …