QM, RM AND UM

QM, RM and UM

QM, RM and UM: Mercy Medical Center has determined that within 3 years, the paper–based health record it currently uses will be replaced with an electronic health record (EHR). You are a member of a multidisciplinary committee that will evaluate and select the EHR. The chief medical officer (CMO) prefers to have a vendor install an EHR that allows for some tailoring to its institutional needs (clinical), but not everyone in the committee is in agreement with this desire. You have been tasked to examine the HIM and legal aspects of the vendor selection and EHR implementation and report back to the committee.

  • There are two parts to your response: (1) What quality (consider QM, RM, and UM) issues should you raise to the committee about HIM barriers and problems with individualizing and implementing an EHR including specialization by function (business and/or clinical areas), and (2) discuss what legal issues should be addressed with the committee and hospital in the evaluation and selection process from the HIM perspective. Include any federal or state legislative or regulatory guidance that would be instrumental in the topics you presented to garner support from the team.

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Changing from the paper-based system to the electronic health records (EHR) system in the healthcare facilities is very recommendable especially in this technological era. In our health facility Mercy Medical Center we took this bold step, but there are a few quality issues that the system is likely to face. In consideration of the QM, RM, and UM, one of the barriers is that of lack of technical know-how by the current blend of staffs. It usually takes some time to adapt and become conversant with new technology, and this might affect the results of the usage of the system (Shickel et al., 2017). Secondly, another issue would be brought with the fact that an external vendor is the…

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