Electronic Health Records: Changing the Vision

Over 50 experts representing a wide range of clinical and administrative users, managers and developers examine the components required to build a successful electronic health records system. Sofware provides the tools for planning, managing, and analysing an EHR system, and includes a computer-based patient record model.Helps readers build a foundational knowledge of EHRs by providing: the definition of an EHR system; the vision of EHR systems for health care; current status of EHR development among health care settings; the legal framework, and applicable standards.Reviews user needs; the barriers and risks associated with planning and implementing EHR systems, and strategies to overcome these barriers.
Explains the institutional planning process, including how to determine costs and benefits.Describes how to ensure that a patients clinical information is available when, where, and in the format needed; how patient data is collected, stored, and retrieved; patient confidentiality, and more.
Discusses implementation strategies (using case problems), alternative approaches to implementation in variety of settings, and how to prepare the environment for change, negotiate with vendors, plan conversions, and design training.Examines new technologies and how to maintain and grow and EHR system, support users, and make modifications.
Features illustrations depicting work products that have been used in EHR systems, as well as explanations for models and communication networks.Includes software that contains a computer-based patient record model, and explanations of the tools used to plan, manage, and analyse an EHR system.