Skip to main content

Reducing Medical Errors with Efficient Use of EHRs -Avontix



It is a shocking fact that medical errors are a major cause of deaths that need to be addressed by both the healthcare providers and the government. While the first concern of healthcare providers is always providing the best-quality care to the patients, they are also human and they may err. Mistakes involving treatments and medications prove to be dangerous and even fatal at times. One thing that can minimize the medical errors is the efficient use of the electronic health records

It is established that patients receive better medical care when their healthcare providers have full access to their accurate information in the form of electronic health records.  With effective EHR solutions, the healthcare providers improve their capabilities in diagnosing diseases and reducing medical errors that prove to be costly for the organization, their revenues and the public health in general. Studies have shown that more than 3/4th of the physicians who are implementing EHR solutions and meaningful use are reporting that EHRs make patient records readily available at any point of time thereby allowing them to deliver better care. 

How do EHRs aid in reducing medical errors? EHRs provide reliable access to patient health records that provide a comprehensive picture of the patient’s situation and help in faster and accurate diagnosis. Effective EHR solutions don’t provide just data; they provide data in a comprehensive manner that helps to make timely and correct decisions. This can be understood further with these points.

  • An effective EHR system maintains a patient’s records including medications and allergies to trigger caution automatically when a new medication with potential adverse reactions is prescribed.
  • The information stored in the EHR system helps the doctor in the emergency department to identify a patient’s allergies that could be life-threatening and provide treatment and medication accordingly even when the patient is unconscious. 
  • EHR systems provide alerts and reminders for clinical visits.
  • Efficient utilization of EHR systems enables evidence-based decisions in providing quality care.
  • Systematic maintenance of EHRs helps in enhanced research and monitoring of clinical care improvement. 


On the overall, efficient and effective use of EHRs can reduce medical errors and help in providing the best quality healthcare. Avontix is an EHR solutions provider in Hyderabad that caters to the needs of ASCs.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Rules and Regulations that Govern Healthcare Documentation -Avontix

Picture courtesy: Google Images Healthcare documentation as the name suggests deals with the documentation of healthcare procedures and treatments provided to a patient. As a way to minimize the workload of physicians in documenting their processes in providing healthcare to patients, healthcare documentation plays a critical role in the healthcare industry and gives the physicians much-needed extra time to spend on looking at a more number patients. For the people in healthcare documentation jobs, it is not just sufficient to master the English language skills and medical terminology to be able to do their work efficiently. There are certain points related to the federal rules and regulations that are to be taken care of while transcribing the data accurately within the set time limits. Professional healthcare documentation specialists are expected to be aware of these legal requirements and act accordingly. Confidentiality of patient information: Medical details of a...

Hey Medical Transcriptionists, You’ll Love these Smart Online Resources

Who wouldn’t say they like a little extra help, be it at work or anywhere else?! Especially if you are a medical transcriptionist, you could be confused about a peculiar sounding word, the spelling of a doctor’s name that sounds funny, or maybe struggling with an unclear dictation where drug names sound French!We bring you five great sites to help you along the way. Just bookmark them for any-day reference! 1.      OneLook ( www.onelook.com ) You can quickly look up abbreviations, acronyms and medical words/phrases at this awesome online dictionary. It has amazing wildcard search options and other advanced search tools. Wildcard search means looking for a word in the dictionary that you cannot spell. You can check out the wildcards link at the end of the page to know how to use this option. The site’s features are a step ahead of other sites. You can look at the example searches on the home...

Role of Proofreading in Healthcare Documentation -Avontix

Picture courtesy: careeraddict.com M edical transcription or healthcare documentation deals with the documentation of voice files which is prone to many errors due to the kind of work it involves. Healthcare documentation specialists have to listen to various physicians’ voice files with different accents and document them in a prescribed format. Often there are issues with the voice files regarding the background noises, the clarity in the physician’s speech etc. that give a challenge to the medical transcriptionist. Moreover, many people in healthcare documentation jobs work remotely without any immediate supervisor to rectify errors if there are any. This kind of work needs that the medical transcriptionist is independent, self-motivated and responsible towards the work being done. Being an indispensable part of the healthcare industry, the healthcare documentation specialists take pride in their jobs and work relentlessly for the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the docume...