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An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a
patient’s paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered
records that make information available instantly and securely
to authorized users. While an EHR does contain the medical
and treatment histories of patients, an EHR system is built to
go beyond standard clinical data collected in a provider’s
office and can be inclusive of a broader view of a patient’s
care. EHRs can:
Contain a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, medications,
treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology
images, and laboratory and test results
Allow access to evidence-based tools that providers can use to
make decisions about a patient’s care
Health care is a team effort. Shared information supports that effort.
When all team members can communicate with each other effectively
and efficiently, everyone benefits—patients, their families, and providers.
The Nation's health and economy benefit as well. Electronic health
record (EHR) adoption requires investment of time and money, but the
benefits often outweigh the costs, and financial incentives are available to
help providers make the transition.
The main goal of health IT is to improve the quality and safety of patient
care. The promise of fully realized EHRs is having a single record that
includes all of a patient's health information: a record that is up to date,
complete, and accurate. This puts providers in a better position to work
with their patients to make good decisions.
The benefits of EHR offer far more than a paper record.
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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
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Assess Your Practice Readiness
The first step in EHR implementation is to conduct an assessment of your current practice and its
goals, needs, and financial and technical readiness. With an accurate view of your level of
preparedness, your practice can design an implementation plan that meets the specific needs of your
practice.
Plan Your Approach
Planning draws on the information gathered during the assessment phase, to outline the practice's
EHR implementation plan.
Select or Upgrade to a Certified EHR
There are a number of steps involved in choosing the right EHR system for your practice. Eligible
health care professionals and eligible hospitals must use certified EHR technology in order to
achieve meaningful use and qualify for incentive payments.
Conduct Training & Implement an EHR System
EHR implementation involves the installation of the EHR system and associated activities, such as
training, mock “go-live,” and pilot testing.
Achieve Meaningful Use
The final phase of EHR implementation includes successfully attesting to demonstrating meaningful
use of EHRs, and reassessing what you have learned from training and everyday use of the system.
Continue Quality Improvement
Emphasizes continuous evaluation of your practice's goals and needs post-EHR-implementation to
continue improving workflows that achieve the individual practice's goals while leveraging the
functionality of electronic health records (EHRs).
The Core components of the EHR are:
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Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) – A robust order management system which
allows clinicians to electronically process various types of orders. Electronic ordering has been
implemented province-wide for laboratory, diagnostic imaging and allied health consult
orders. CPOE enables faster, more efficient, and safer care for Islanders.
Laboratory Information System (LIS)—no matter where a patient is tested, allows laboratory
technicians to enter results into a database that will be linked to the patient’s EHR and will be
available for viewing
Drug Information System (DIS) –It contains information relating to medications prescribed for
Islanders and provides Island pharmacists and other authorized healthcare providers with
province-wide access to medication profiles.
Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) – enables the digital capture, storage and
distribution of medical images. A diagnostic image such as an X-ray can be captured and shared
in real-time with authorized healthcare providers across the province.
Radiology Information System (RIS) – manages all diagnostic imaging-related patient
information across PEI. An X-ray taken at one of our community hospitals, for example, can be
interpreted by a radiologist either locally or remotely and as soon as she/he finishes the report, it
is immediately available electronically to all authorized healthcare providers across PEI.
Client Registry (CR) – serves as the definitive source of patient/client demographic and
administrative information. CR shares this information with other components of the EHR as
needed.
Improve accuracy of diagnoses
Benefits
of
EHR
Improve care coordination
Increase patient participation
Increase practice efficiencies
Please select in the following by clicking on it
Improve quality and convenience
of patient care
Improve quality of drugs
Less cost
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Improve quality and convenience of patient care
Laboratory
Information
System (LIS)
Computerized
Provider
Order Entry
(CPOE)
Picture Archive and
Communication
System (PACS)
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Drug
Information
System
(DIS)
Radiology
Information
System (RIS)
Laboratory Test List
Cost of Drugs
Client Registry (CR)
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The Missing Component is
Client Registry (CR)
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