Electronic Health Record trends are the most Promising for Impacting Healthcare Technology in Nursing Practice
Electronic Health Record trends are the most Promising for Impacting Healthcare Technology in Nursing Practice
The EHR provides many advantages for nurses, such as medication reminders, preventing drug interactions, immediate access to patient medical history, and documentation of clinical care (Habibi-Koolaee et al., 2015). EHRs allow providers to have access to complete and accurate information, which will allow patients to receive high-quality care (HealthIT.gov, 2019). For example, managing medications through an EHR improves patients outcomes by reducing adverse drug events by 52%. Some EHRs are designed with bar code scanning technology. If a nurse scans the wrong medication, an alert pops up, alerting the nurse of the problem (Hoover, 2017). EHRs have come to the forefront and will remain central to shaping the future of healthcare (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2017). EHR will continue to improve data management due to technology continuously evolving.
