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Electronic health record real-time systems make patient information available instantly and securely to authorized users while providing a broader view of a patient's care. Get an overview of how electronic health record systems are used in a clinical setting and integrated with patient flow and clinical decision support. Quality reporting and the quality payment program are also discussed in the context of required systems. Learn about new care models such as telehealth and strategies for EHR implementation and optimization.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Understand how EHR systems are used in health care and challenges with adoption and optimization
- Describe the steps to EHR strategic planning, implementation and governance
- Identify major types of EHR systems by setting and related systems
- Explain the current state of health information exchange and how it relates to EHRs
- Identify current trends in EHRs and patient engagement, telehealth and population health
- Demonstrate how EHR systems are used in a clinical setting, including quality reporting
What You Learn
- EHR definition and its origin
- Incentive programs
- Components of EHRs
- Categories of information systems in the EHR
- Implementation sequence
- Governance
- Goal setting and measuring value impact
- Change management
- Data management
- EHR project management roles, tools and techniques
- Process mapping tools and skills
- Vendor selection, contract negotiation and management
- System architecture for EHRs
- Point of care documentation and applications
- Ambulatory EHR functions and interoperability
- EHRs in nursing homes, home health, hospices, and behavioral health
- Personal health records and EHRs
- Consumer health applications and patient engagement
- Population health management and EHRs
- Enterprise content management (ECM)
How You Learn
- Discussions
- Written assignments
- Quizzes
- Final project