{"id":6743,"date":"2020-02-12T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T09:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qfn.ahr.mybluehost.me\/what-to-look-for-in-an-electronic-health-records-ehr-system-is-it-flexible-enough-to-adapt-to-your-unique-needs-and-workflows\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T16:17:00","slug":"what-to-look-for-in-an-electronic-health-records-ehr-system-is-it-flexible-enough-to-adapt-to-your-unique-needs-and-workflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/what-to-look-for-in-an-electronic-health-records-ehr-system-is-it-flexible-enough-to-adapt-to-your-unique-needs-and-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"What to look for in an Electronic Health Records (EHR) System: Is it flexible enough to adapt to your unique needs and workflows?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A next-generation ECE system offers intuitive Clinical Decision Support Systems<\/em> (CDSS) to enable clinicians to make better treatment decisions in real time. CDSS tools take many forms, but most ECE systems fail to adequately address this need. Instead, as we discussed in our October blog<\/a>, they offer one-size-fits-all solutions\u2014one-size-fits-all solutions that don’t capture the nuances of individual patient care. Simply put, ECE systems without customizable CDSS tools cannot meet the increasing demands of healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of HarmoniMD\u00ae<\/sup>‘s unique and flexible solution and one of its core competencies is protocol-based Electronic Clinical Records (ECDs).<\/a> These incorporate the best treatment options and clinical expertise available, resulting in consistency of care, regulatory compliance, and reduced errors. Through DCEs, YOU assign the workflow you want your doctors to follow and provide guidance on clinical options. Instead of imposing a design on your team, you, as experts in best practices for your field, your healthcare facilities, and your workflow, can modify any DCE from our extensive library based on years of clinical experience, or design one yourself. zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DCEs\nThey imitate in a very intuitive way the Patient File on paper with which\nall doctors and nurses are familiar with, at the same time\nThey integrate clinical decision support and protocols. A\nReports can then be generated to easily track whether\nWhether or not these protocols are followed. To name just one example: medications\nthat the Medical Executive Committee recommend for a specific condition are\ncan be listed from the softest to the strongest, allowing the\ndoctors easily sort from a carefully compiled list, with the\nsecurity of knowing that they are following the guidelines of the health centers and the\nbest medical practices. Reports can show which of these\nPainkillers are prescribed more frequently and when a doctor decides to deviate\nfrom this list, informing the doctor’s supervision and periodic review\nof practice protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the\nAny information entered into a DCE can be included in a report, the\nReporting for a variety of purposes is easily adapted,\nincluding government compliance, Quality Assurance and oversight.\nAnd since care is standardized, helping the user with the\ndata capture when structuring the entry of clinical information, it is also\nis reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since\nWithin a DCE, data can be entered into the Patient Record (such as\norders, diagnosis, vital signs, allergies, etc.), instead of requiring\ndoctors who navigate to different sections of the Patient Record (which\nresults in dreaded multiple clicks through the system). In other words,\nDCEs guide a doctor through the Patient Record, in the order\nspecific that your health center, department or specialty deems best.\nIn this way, DCEs not only help doctors make decisions\nrapid to increase the efficiency of care, but also increase\nthe consistency of care. And the DCEs can be adapted to the needs\nunique to doctors and nurses alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DCEs\nCritical to physicians include Order Sets specific to the\ncondition, with recommended predefined orders that can be\npreselected or optional. The details of the orders within these DCEs\nare specified by the clinical team responsible for the design of the Set\nof Orders. An example is a PRN medication ordered in a standard manner for\na specific condition. This medication can be preselected (complete with\ndata already entered such as dose, route and notes on when\nmanage it). The doctor requesting the order does not even need to click\nonce to request the medication: it will be requested automatically when\nsign the order, unless deselected. Other orders\nPre-selected or optional may include laboratory tests,\nprocedures, imaging orders and nursing activities. and the DCE\nmay also contain documentation for vital signs and other information\nclinic that could be captured at the time the set of\norders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DCEs\nspecifically for nurses are also essential to adhere to the\npractice protocols. La documentaci\u00f3n de enfermer\u00eda es un \u00e1rea de actividad\nNursing documentation is an area of \u200b\u200bactivity\ncare patients receive, best practices and compliance.\nThese include wound care, postoperative care, evaluations of\nnursing, adverse events and incident reports, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nstandardized protocols, instructions, educational tools, alerts and\nReminders can be integrated into any DCE, providing expectations\nclarity and guidance to staff of any clinical specialty. This improves\ndocumentation and communication between doctors and reduces time\ndedicated to waiting for results to be transmitted between departments.\nOther common DCEs include Physical Therapy Evaluations, Documentation of\nBlood Transfusion, Patient Intake History, Checklists\nPreoperative Safety Verification, Discharge Forms, Reports\nOperative \/ Postoperative Instructions, Treatment Sheets\nRadiotherapy, Hemodialysis Treatments and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know from experience that when converted to DCEs, documentation times are often cut in half while compliance with best practices and reporting requirements is dramatically improved. One Physical Therapy department we worked with reduced their documentation time by two-thirds, in part because they were able to design DCEs to very specifically mimic their workflow and select from a variety of input fields that worked best. (Review the specific options available in building DCEs on this page of our website.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His\nPatient care may also involve unique aspects that no one else\naddresses. For example, one of our clients keeps track of the\nexposure to pollution during pregnancy and need to ask if the\nfetus has been exposed to open flame cooking. DCEs satisfy\neasily unique needs like this because they don’t require any\nreprogramming of the underlying database. This means that they are not only\nflexible enough to document any clinical process,\nbut they can also be built and built quickly, at any\nlanguage. This becomes invaluable when patient populations speak\none or more secondary languages \u200b\u200band need consent forms in those\nlanguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact us to learn more<\/a> about how Electronic Clinical Documents can help you ensure your practice protocols are followed consistently across your organization. We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A next-generation ECE system offers intuitive Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) to enable clinicians to make better treatment decisions in real time. CDSS tools take many forms, but most ECE systems fail to adequately address this need. Instead, as we discussed in our October blog, they offer one-size-fits-all solutions\u2014one-size-fits-all solutions that don’t capture the nuances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,95,96,97,113],"tags":[112,68,115],"class_list":["post-6743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-health-records","category-electronic-health-records-en","category-electronic-medical-record","category-electronic-medical-records","category-intuitive-clinical-decision-support-systems","tag-electronic-medical-records","tag-expedientes-clinicos-electronicos","tag-practice-protocols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonimd.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}