THIS WAS WHAT THE DISCUSSION QUESTION WAS THAT I HAD TO ANSWER:
While an electronic health record (EHR) may be more accessible, has it made client preferences more visible? Assess the effectiveness of the EHR in capturing and communicating patient preferences and empowerment across settings or institutions.
Include a description of whether interdisciplinary collaboration improves with increased use of the electronic health record in your response.
THIS IS WHAT I PUT IF THIS HELPS:
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Client Preferences
Implementing electronic health records (EHRs) in healthcare has indeed brought several advantages, one of which is the potential to make client preferences more visible. EHRs can store comprehensive patient data, including preferences, which can be easily accessible/shared with healthcare providers across different settings or institutions in real-time in an accurate manner (Stanhope & Matthews, 2019). This can improve patient-centered care by allowing clinicians to tailor treatments and interventions based on individual preferences and needs.
EHRs enable the documentation of patient preferences in various ways. Patients can directly indicate their treatment preferences, such as resuscitation status, advanced directives, and end-of-life care preferences, in the EHR. Furthermore, EHRs can also capture patient-specific information like dietary preferences, cultural considerations, and communication preferences (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2021). This comprehensive data collection can enhance communication between patients and healthcare professionals, resulting in more patient empowerment and engagement in their care.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Increase with the Use of EHR
Interdisciplinary collaboration is critical to modern healthcare, and EHRs can positively impact it. By centralizing patient information, EHRs facilitate seamless communication and information sharing between different healthcare providers and departments (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2021). This collaborative environment allows for a holistic approach to patient care, where various specialists can access and contribute to the patient’s care plan, keeping everyone informed about the patient’s preferences and goals.
References
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. (2021). Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge. In Google Books. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Retrieved from https://books.google.co.ke/books?id=d94XEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=NjHNwHGFq1&dq=Textbook%3A%20Nursing%20Informatics%20and%20the%20Foundation%20of%20Knowledge%2C%20Chapters%2014%20and%2016.&lr&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Textbook:%20Nursing%20Informatics%20and%20the%20Foundation%20of%20Knowledge
Stanhope, V., & Matthews, E. B. (2019). Delivering person-centered care with an electronic health record. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0897-6
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO ANSWER THIS:
In responding to your peers, discuss the role of information technology and management in caring for vulnerable populations. What role does health literacy play in the age of information technology?
Demonstrate more depth and thought than simply stating that “I agree” or “You are wrong.” Guidance is provided for you in each discussion prompt.
THIS IS WHAT THE PEER SAID:
Discussion 5-1: Assess the effectiveness of the EHR in capturing and communicating patient preferences and empowerment across settings or institutions. Include a description of whether interdisciplinary collaboration improves with increased use of the electronic health record in your response.
Electronic health records (EHRs) have been effective in capturing and communicating patient preferences across institutions to some degree. While EHR can store information like allergies or end of life plans healthcare teams are still at the mercy of the platform itself. System breaches, crashes or power failures make this preferred method useless, so we still need a backup plan to access the information if any of the above occurs. There are many other areas the EHR struggles with. Initial implementation and set-up costs can be high. There may be a learning curve for healthcare providers to use the system. The systems may require ongoing maintenance and updates. The systems may be prone to technical problems or downtime. Yet with all the shortcomings EHR is expected to grow and provide accurate, up-to-date, and complete information about patients at the point of care. Patient preferences are positive about EHR and quick access to platforms like My Chart proves so. Here patients & providers can safely share secure electronic information with each other and other clinicians. A patient can message a provider with symptoms of an illness and between electronic communication treatment can occur.
EHR is growing as well. EHR and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have begun collaboration and help providers more effectively diagnose patients, reduce errors, and provide better care. In
2019 Thomas Davenport wrote a journal called The Potential for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. He wrote of the greatest challenge to AI in these healthcare domains is not whether the technologies will be capable enough to be useful, but rather ensuring their adoption in daily clinical practice. Thomas wrote “For widespread adoption to take place, AI systems must be approved by regulators, integrated with EHR systems, standardized to a sufficient degree that related products work in a similar fashion, taught to clinicians, paid for by public or private payer organizations and updated over time in the field. These challenges will overcome, but they will take much longer to do so than it will take for the technologies themselves to mature.” As a result, he predicted to see limited use of AI in clinical practice within 5 years and more extensive use within 10.
As we see in 2023 the collaborations of EHR and AI on healthcare how do we get the public on board. Most studies have proven that although people are excited about electronic health, many are skeptical about the use of AI in healthcare. A recent study performed by Dr Sanjya Aneja of Yale University in 2022 stated that overall positive some of the 900 respondents poled were overly concerned or concerned about AI’s unintended consequences, including misdiagnosis (91.5%), privacy breaches (70.8%), less time with clinicians (69.6%), and higher health care costs (68.4%). Dr. Aneja stated that “In many ways, our work highlights a potential blind spot among AI researchers, which needs to be addressed as these technologies become more common in clinical practice. Patient education, concerns, and comfort levels should be taken into consideration when planning for integration of AI.”
Resources
Aneja Sanjya MD. How do patients feel about using AI in healthcare? May 2022.
Davenport, T., & Kalakota, R. (2019). The potential for artificial intelligence in healthcare. Future healthcare journal, 6(2), 94–98. https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.6-2-94
Required Resources:
Textbook: Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Chapters 14 and 16
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