the Electronic Health Record

the Electronic Health Record

Most Promising Trends

The most promising trends in healthcare today, in my own opinion, would be the Electronic Health Record (EHR). My facility is hesitant to join this trend and therefore we still use paper for everything. This technology is already impacting healthcare. In nursing practice, it saves a lot of time, it is efficient for treatment planning, its is able to be shared amongst all disciplines. The significance of the EHR to nursing cannot be underestimated. Although EHRs on the surface suggest a simple automation of clinical documentation, in fact their implications are broad, ranging from the ways in which care is delivered, to the types of interactions nurses have with patients in conjunction with the use of technology, to the research surrounding EHRs that will inform nursing practice of tomorrow (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018, p. 267).

References

2017: A Look Back At The Year In State Telemedicine Legislation. (2017). Retrieved from https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/2017-a-look-back-at-the-year-in-state-telemedicine-legislation

Harper, J. (2012, July 24, 2012). Pros and Cons of telemedicine for todays worker. US NEWS, 1-6. Retrieved from https://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2012/07/24/pros-and-cons-of-telemedicine-for-todays-workers

McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2018). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.