Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
Daniel Fimbres
Grand Canyon University NRS 451V
April 14, 2013
With the advancement of technology and the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, it is imperative that the Gilbert Hospital Facility invest in an electronic medical record system. With the new electronic medical record the facility will be able to maintain higher reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid, improve both nursing and physician charting requirement, and have a reduced amount of medication order errors and medication administration errors. President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the year 2009 (N.A., 2013). This typical law has many different sections that are meant to improve health information technology as well as decrease the increasing costs of healthcare (N.A., 2013). As part of the electronic medical record system there are certain requirements that need to be in place for the system (N.A., 2013). The system must be certified to meet all the federal governments requirements for the EMR system (N.A., 2013). Also the program must meet all meaningful use requirements (N.A., 2013). The meaningful use tool ensures that facilities are using the system to their full advantages as well as help with reimbursement rates(N.A., 2013). The requirements in the use for meaningful use are divided into three different stages: Stage 1 Data capture and sharing started in 2011-2012 for reimbursement, Stage 2 2014 Advance clinical process, Stage 3 2016 Improved Outcomes (N.A., 2013). One section that is important in the meaningful use category is the CPOE system portion. The use of the computerized physician order entry system is a great tool for the facility in decreasing the chance of an order entry error. The CPOE requires the physician to enter the order themselves in the system, instead of telling a third party to, therefore
Executive Summary
Daniel Fimbres
Grand Canyon University NRS 451V
April 14, 2013
With the advancement of technology and the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, it is imperative that the Gilbert Hospital Facility invest in an electronic medical record system. With the new electronic medical record the facility will be able to maintain higher reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid, improve both nursing and physician charting requirement, and have a reduced amount of medication order errors and medication administration errors. President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the year 2009 (N.A., 2013). This typical law has many different sections that are meant to improve health information technology as well as decrease the increasing costs of healthcare (N.A., 2013). As part of the electronic medical record system there are certain requirements that need to be in place for the system (N.A., 2013). The system must be certified to meet all the federal governments requirements for the EMR system (N.A., 2013). Also the program must meet all meaningful use requirements (N.A., 2013). The meaningful use tool ensures that facilities are using the system to their full advantages as well as help with reimbursement rates(N.A., 2013). The requirements in the use for meaningful use are divided into three different stages: Stage 1 Data capture and sharing started in 2011-2012 for reimbursement, Stage 2 2014 Advance clinical process, Stage 3 2016 Improved Outcomes (N.A., 2013). One section that is important in the meaningful use category is the CPOE system portion. The use of the computerized physician order entry system is a great tool for the facility in decreasing the chance of an order entry error. The CPOE requires the physician to enter the order themselves in the system, instead of telling a third party to, therefore