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| + | "Implementing an EMR system could cost a single physician approximately $163,765. As of May | ||
| + | 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had paid more than $30 billion in | ||
| + | financial incentives to more than 468,000 Medicare and Medicaid providers for implementing | ||
| + | EMR systems. With a majority of Americans now having at least one if not multiple EMRs | ||
| + | generated on their behalf, data breaches and security threats are becoming more common and are | ||
| + | estimated by the American Action Forum (AAF) to have cost the health care industry as much as | ||
| + | $50.6 billion since 2009." <ref name="O'Neill"> O'Neill, T. (2015, August). Are Electronic Medical Records Worth the Cost of Implementation.</ref> | ||
== Improving patient care == | == Improving patient care == | ||
Revision as of 04:38, 13 September 2015
The sections below detail the benefits, costs, and barriers in evaluating EMR implementations. Selecting, financing, and launching an EHR system is difficult.
Contents
- 1 Informational
- 2 Security
- 3 Environmental
- 4 Medical Education
- 5 Financial
- 6 Improving patient care
- 7 Research
- 8 Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- 9 Personal Health Records
- 10 Electronic Dental Records
- 11 Telehealth
- 12 E-Prescribing
- 13 Mobile EMRs
- 14 Physicians
- 15 Nurses
- 16 Costs
- 17 Benefits Database
- 18 References
Informational
Security
EMR Benefits: Security is an advantageous attribute which comes with EMR systems. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a privacy, security & meaningful use guidelines which computer systems that store patient information need to conform to imply to HIPAA privacy guidelines. [1]
Environmental
EMR Benefits: Environmental positive impact through Electronic Health Records has the potential to improve the environmental footprint left by the health care industry. [2]
Medical Education
EMR Benefits: Medical education
Financial
"Implementing an EMR system could cost a single physician approximately $163,765. As of May 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had paid more than $30 billion in financial incentives to more than 468,000 Medicare and Medicaid providers for implementing EMR systems. With a majority of Americans now having at least one if not multiple EMRs generated on their behalf, data breaches and security threats are becoming more common and are estimated by the American Action Forum (AAF) to have cost the health care industry as much as $50.6 billion since 2009." [3]
Improving patient care
EMR Benefits: Healthcare quality
Research
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Personal Health Records
Electronic Dental Records
Telehealth
E-Prescribing
Mobile EMRs
Physicians
Nurses
Costs
Benefits Database
EMR Benefits: Benefits Database
References
- ↑ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Privacy and Security Standards. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/HIPAA-Administrative-Simplification/HIPAAGenInfo/PrivacyandSecurityStandards.html
- ↑ Turley, M., Porter, C., Garrido, T., Gerwig, K., Young, S., Radler, L., & Shaber, R. (2011). Use of electronic health records can improve the health care industry’s environmental footprint. Health affairs, 30(5), 938-946.
- ↑ O'Neill, T. (2015, August). Are Electronic Medical Records Worth the Cost of Implementation.
