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Running head: HEALTH FACILITIES IT SYSTEM 1

Components in Employing I.T in Health Institutions

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HEALTH FACILITIES IT SYSTEM 2

Components in Employing I.T in Health Institutions

Introduction

IT systems in health organization are an imperative venture with the advent of new

technologies. This is because information technology system enhances the automation of

different functions in a hospital set up intensifying the capacity of storing and sharing

information among variant department as well as other healthcare facilities. For example, the

adoption of electronic medical record system leads to effective sharing of a patient medical

history among practitioners boosting the effectiveness of care delivery to an ailing person

(Cellucci, Wiggins, & Woodhouse, 2010). Implementing IT system in a healthcare organization

promotes improvement in the overall medical care, increased efficiency, enhanced patient

contentment, the reduction of medical errors, and lowering the medical costs.

Discussion

Reasons Why Some Healthcare Institutions are Reluctant to Implement EMR Systems

Most health organizations are reluctant on implementing the electronic medical record

systems due to a number of reasons. Firstly, some hospital administrators, especially in mid-

sized and small health care facilities, fear that employing EMR system is highly costly. This is

because electronic medical record systems are capital intensive due to the required technological

infrastructures, expensive training of the users, hiring IT personnel and the overall maintenance

of the EMR systems. Increased attributable costs due to time requirement by the physicians in

the course of interacting with the system and lowered patient visits during the implementation of

the EMRs, heightens woos by the hospital administration because they affect the bottom line.

Besides, return on the investment is another major concern by the management of the health

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Running head: HEALTH FACILITIES IT SYSTEM Components in Employing I.T in Health Institutions Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date 1 HEALTH FACILITIES IT SYSTEM 2 Components in Employing I.T in Health Institutions Introduction IT systems in health organization are an imperative venture with the advent of new technologies. This is because information technology system enhances the automation of different functions in a hospital set up intensifying the capacity of storing and sharing information among variant department as well as other healthcare facilities. For example, the adoption of electronic medical record system leads to effective sharing of a patient medical history among practitioners boosting the effectiveness of care delivery to an ailing person (Cellucci, Wiggins, & Woodhouse, 2010). Implementing IT system in a healthcare organization promotes improvement in the overall medical care, increased efficiency, enhanced patient contentment, the reduction of medical errors, and lowering the medical costs. Discussion Reasons Why Some Healthcare Institutions are Reluctant to Implement EMR Systems Most health organizations are reluctant on implementing the electronic medical record systems due to a number of reasons. Firstly, some hospital administrators, especially in midsized and small health care facilities, fear that employing EMR system is highly costly. This is because electronic medical record systems are capital intensive due to the required technolog ...
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