Utilizing the Electronic Health Record to Improve Patient Outcomes
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
| Utilizing the Electronic Health Record to Improve Patient Outcomes |
In 250-300 words discuss how an Electronic Health Record will assist with preventative screenings, immunization tracking, patient history, trending, and interactive alerts. Provide two specific examples either from your text, or personal experience where these were captured and assisted with patient health outcomes. Include a minimum of one APA citation from a scholarly resource (excluding the course text) to support your discussion. Respond to two of your classmates’ posts.
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Electronic health records are significant in any given hospital. This is because they have been maintaining privacy in the patient’s records. This has been witnessed through several comments from the patient on how they have been receiving treatment. In the last decades, electronic health records were not used because
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