Health Care Health Care Informatics Informatics PresentationPresentation Learning Team A

Jody Bush, Rolanda Canty, Daneshea Crews, Maria

Schiaratura, and Julie Sykora

University of PhoenixHealth Care Informatics

HCI 500David StibbardsJune 14, 2010

IntroductioIntroductionn

• Health care informatics improves patient care– Decreases medication

errors– Reduces health care

costs

• Improved technology results in safer hospital care

Key Key ConceptsConcepts

• Computerized Physician order Entry

• Improve hospitals standards

• Better protocols

CPOE GoalsCPOE Goals • Prevent data errors– Wrong order

transcription– Clinical errors that can

result from inaccurate data• Allergy not recorded• Allergy recorded

incorrectly

• Reimbursement problems due to data errors – Denials– Duplicates– Delays

Informatics SpecialistInformatics Specialist

Informatics Specialist Informatics Specialist

Activities

Effect on the Effect on the role of the role of the informatics informatics specialist specialist

• Supports Electronic Medical Records

• Networking Environment

• Professional Ethics

Driving ForcesDriving Forces

Restraining Restraining ForcesForces

ImplicationImplicationss

• Clinician Work• Workflow Issues• System Demands• Paper Dependency• Communication• Emotions• New Errors• Changes• Technology

Dependence

Information technology and Information technology and organizational structureorganizational structure

ConclusionConclusion • CPOE assist physicians in ordering the correct medication, the right dose and to check for contraindications .

• Prevents transcription errors and reduces administration of wrong medication

• Decrease order duplicates

• Improves patient care

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