HCIS/140: Fundamentals Of Electronic Health Records Wk 1 Discussion - Purpose of Electronic Health Records [due Thurs] Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: • Why is it important as a health care manager to know the purpose and value of an electronic health record? Due Monday Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. 1st post to respond to Heather Zimmerman I think that it is extremely important that a healthcare manager understand the purpose and value of an electronic healthcare system. Last week I started a new job as a Practice Management Software Educator for EHR company, and when I gave notice this point really hit home for the Practice Administrator of the office I left. She had left the administration and management of our EHR software to me as the Billing Manager. And despite the fact that I made sure we attended all webinar when the software upgraded each quarter and that we sent people the yearly users conference, she and several members of the staff didnt understand how the software fully worked or the features we didn't take advantage of that they now needed to use. I spent my finally to weeks getting features activated and implemented, creating training manuals, and retraining staff on the software in general. I, as a healthcare manager understood how important it was to know our system in and out, it is one of the reasons I got my new job. But I also knew that at some point I would be able to instill in the practice administrator and the physician owner how important it was not to just use our software, but to master it and use it to it's full potential. Their is part of me that is sad i won't be there to see it through with them, but I started the journey that has them being more innovative in the practice and use of the software. 2nd post to respond to Ulanda Mcrae As a health care manager, I feel that it is very important to know the purpose and value of electronic health records. With the old system whereas physical file folders, you could easily have health records spread just about anywhere. If a patient were to move to a new office, files would need to be copy and sent or faxed to that patient’s new doctor to give them a full picture of that patient’s health. With all that going on, I can easily see so many potential problems that could happen with the old method: a patient not remembering their previous office’s contact information, lost or partial records, hard-to-read handwriting and so on. Electronic health records have made the life of health care managers life so much easier because a patient’s medical records are digitized therefore, they are consistent across all a patient’s doctors and they are easily to be understood. Also, as a health care manager EHR should be important because it helps cut down medical errors, it provides an effective means of communication and allow the providers to collect health information for educational and research purposes. HCIS/140: Fundamentals Of Electronic Health Records Wk 1 - Information Systems Worksheet [due Mon] Wk 1 - Information Systems Worksheet [due Mon] Assignment Content 1. Part A Complete the Information Systems Worksheet. Using complete sentences, define, describe, and provide an example of each term in the table within the worksheet. Use your textbooks or an outside source as references. Cite any outside sources. Part B Write a 150- to 350-word response to each of the following questions based on this week’s readings and your personal experience. Use your own words and provide examples to support your answers. o What is the difference between computer hardware and software? o Why is the use of information systems in health care important? Explain your answer. Cite any references to support your assignment. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Information Systems Worksheet Using complete sentences, define, describe, and provide an example of each term in the following table. Use your textbooks or an outside source as references. Cite any outside sources to support your assignment. Term Information system Definition Purpose Hardware CPU Memory and storage Input and output devices Software Operating systems Databases Copyright 2020 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Example 
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