[Answered] NR599 Week 3: EHRs Benefits and Drawbacks

COURSE:

NR599 – Nursing Informatics For Advanced Practice

Preparing the Discussion

Post a written response in the discussion forum to EACH threaded discussion topic:

  1. As discussed in the lesson and assigned reading for this week, EHRs provide both benefits and drawbacks. Create a “Pros” versus “Cons” table and include at least 3 items for each list. Next to each item, provide a brief rationale as to why you selected to include it on the respective list.
  2. Refer to the Stage 3 objectives for Meaningful Use located in this week’s lesson under the heading Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act. Select two objectives to research further. In your own words, provide a brief discussion as to how the objective may impact your role as an APN in clinical practice.

Adhere to the following guidelines regarding quality for the threaded discussions in Canvas:

  • Application of Course Knowledge: Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings.
  • Scholarliness and Scholarly Sources: Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic decisions using valid, relevant, and reliable outside scholarly source to contribute to the discussion thread.
  • Writing Mechanics: Grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation are accurate. In-text and reference citations should be formatted using correct APA guidelines.
  • Direct Quotes: Good writing calls for the limited use of direct quotes. Direct quotes in discussions are to be limited to one short quotation (not to exceed 15 words). The quote must add substantively to the discussion. Points will be deducted under the grammar, syntax, APA category.

 

Solution

Advantages and disadvantages of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Pros Cons
Improved Patient Care Quality: the systems promote the reduction of medical errors from misrepresentation of information such as errors as a result of illegible handwriting. Clarity of information, therefore, goes to directly improve patient care quality. Reduced patient-physician engagement: EHR systems require significant data entry activities that diminish the amount of valuable time that could be spent interacting directly with patients (Srivastava et al.,2021). While the systems offer patient information storage, the time taken to develop the information could have been instrumental in strengthening the patient-clinician relationship which includes the determination of subjective patient information.

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