Electronic Medical Document Interoperability Electronic Medical Document Interoperability (EMDI) Program (EMDI) Program In support of the HITECH Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to improving health data exchange and overall data quality, resulting in improved patient care. CMS has prioritized addressing the key challenges and barriers currently experienced by health industry stakeholders: improving the electronic medical interoperability and the ...
History and perspective of the medical record Data can be organized as Physiciancentered Patientcentered Orientations (not mutually exclusive) in clude Timeoriented –organized chronologically Departmentoriented – organized by department Problem oriented organized by focus on problems History and perspective (co nt.) Earliest medical records were physician oriented Hippocrates said over 2,500 years ago that th e medical record should Accurately reflect course of  ...
Content • Introduction • Methodology • Results and discussions • Recommendations • Conclusions 2 Introduction • Information technology has changed the way data is collected, stored, manipulated and used • In hospitals, the advancement of technology in patient data management came in the form of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) • Electronic Medical Records capture, store and retrieve patient data through electronic gadgets (Conrick, 2006) &bull ...
Background • Electronic medical records critical in strengthening health system decision making and program performance. • Timeliness, accuracy and completeness of data is important to inform data quality improvement. • 2017 national HIV services data quality audit highlighted gaps in viral load documentation in both paper and EMR based sites. • IQCare EMR implemented to bridge these gaps in the CHAK-HIV Program • Provides care ...
HEALTH INFORMATION Health Information Usually fragmented across multiple sites Relationship and ownership standards compliance Ownership tension between patients, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, etc. Records patient’s medical information Update and enforce access and privacy standards Resolve tension between medical device manufacturer “lock-in” and network efficiencies of open standards EHR INPUTS EHR OUTPUTS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS Serve multiple owners and customers Patients Doctors Researchers Insurers ...
Overview • Survey goals • NHAMCS – Background – State-based ED estimates – Data uses • NAMCS – Background – State-based physician estimates – Data Uses • Summary 2 Survey Goals • Produce national statistics on ambulatory care utilization • Provide data for health policy formulation • Provide comparative data for medical practice management 3 Ability to monitor changes in • The performance of ...
Electronic Health Records Learning Objectives 1. State the similarities and differences between an electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) (Lecture a) 2. Identify attributes and functions of an EHR (Lecture a) 3. Describe the perspectives of health care providers and the public regarding acceptance of or issues with an EHR, which can serve as facilitators of or major barriers to its adoption ...