EHR Implementation

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EHR IMPLEMENTATION
An electronic health record is a digital patient’s record that makes information secure and instantly available to the person accessing it. Electronic health records implementation can be a problem in its application because of the cumbersome procedures involved and the cost of implementation. Computerized patients record system (CPRS) and barcode medication administration system (BMAS) are the two major ways of implementation of electronic health records. These two are faced with massive problems such as disruption of workflow in the hospitals when being put into place, many of the medical staff not knowing how to use these systems and how the management is responsive to the staff’s problems. Barcode, medication administration system, faced several challenges than the computerized patient’s record system in its implementation, like the lack of internet coverage in some areas, empty unit doses being delivered towards and difficulties dealing with wristbands more so from the nurses.
Barcode medication administration is a system that is aimed at reducing human errors caused by prescription of drugs and ensuring that medical records are documented for future reference. It is more of a hands-on development that involves pharmacists, nurses, and clinicians and it, therefore, needs to be handled with care. Medication errors in the US are reported to be affecting at least 1.5 million people worth 400,000 of the cases preventable. But the amount of time and capital needed to develop and make sure that this works efficiently is what matters most.

If done right then cases of nurses not scanning the wristbands of patients correctly can be avoided. Also, instances of miscoding of medication could entirely be prevented. The argument presented shows areas where there is a need for emphasis on the implementation of the electronic health records to ensure patients safety.

Works cited
Zandieh, Stephanie O., et al. “Challenges to EHR implementation in electronic-versus paper-based office practices.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 23.6 (2008): 755-761.