The challenge to improve early EMR system

The early EMR systems have obviously some drawbacks. For instance, different systems using different terminology cause miscommunications between each system and problems for the users. It is a challenge for people to develop modern EHR systems which will overcome the old systems’ defects. There needs to be one that will guarantee uncomplicated operating methods and secure medical history information.

History of electronic health record

The foremost electronic medical record (EMR) system emerged forty years ago. Shortliffe (2005) stated that, “by the late 1960’s there were experiments with full-fledged EMR systems that collected data directly from clinicians and were designed for use in both inpatient and outpatient settings." Many of current EMRs are developed from previous efforts. The significant early systems include: The Computer Stored Ambulatory Record (COSTAR), Health Evaluation through Logical Processing (HELP), The Medical Record (TMR), Composite Health Care System (CHCS), and De-Centralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP), and so forth. (National Institutes of Health, 2006).

References:

National Institutes of Health. (2006, April). Electronic health records overview. National Center for Research Resources. Retrieved October 2, 2009, from http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/publications/informatics/dhr.pdf

Shortliffe, E. H. (2005, September/October). Strategic action in health information technology: Why the obvious has taken so long. Health Affairs, Chevy Chase, 24(5), 1222-1234.

Computer technologies in clinical settings

Soaring health care costs and unsafe practices are the major factors to facilitate to using electronic patient record in health care system in the United States. Former President George W. Bush was advocating to disseminating electronic health records before the expiration of his first presidential term. Shortliffe (2005) indicated, “Today the United States is poised to achieve what has been sought and anticipated for at least three decades.” In fact, computer technologies have been developing very fast. It has also affected the teaching-learning process in clinical settings since that momentous time.

Reference:
Shortliffe, E. H. (2005, September/October). Strategic action in health information technology: Why the obvious has taken so long. Health Affairs, Chevy Chase, 24(5), 1222-1234.

Simulation Technologies in Nursing Education

Simulation technologies refer those tools and strategies that, in an educational setting, enable students to learn processes and actions through experience. In the context of nursing education, the human patient simulator is the most utilized simulation technology, and innovations in simulation technology for nursing have been focused on further development of this human patient simulator. There is need to develop other types of simulation technologies, which would further nursing education, such as less-costly screen-based simulations. The use of the human patient simulator, though expensive, offers substantial benefits to the student and to the nursing education system in its current struggle with the shortage of faculty and preceptors.

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