My practicum gave me the chance to explore and learn more about the complex systems that underpin healthcare delivery. In order to achieve better patient outcomes, healthcare delivery requires collaboration between healthcare professionals. Patients can receive high-quality care with less misdiagnosis or errors if they are treated by nurses and doctors who work together (Hughe 2016, 2016). It was found that handover dialogues and other internal regulations are crucial to ensure that patients receive treatment information from their nurses between shifts.
It also highlighted the critical role technology plays in the delivery and management of care. EHRs have made it easier for nurses to access patient records, which makes them more capable of providing excellent care. Although the HER is essential for the delivery of medical treatment, there are ethical concerns, including privacy and patient safety. The dependence of EHRs to store information has led to an increase in instances of patient safety and incorrect data entry during the production of patient reports or retrieval of records.
Middleton and colleagues. 2015, EHRs pose the greatest patient safety risks. These include inaccurate patient identification and retrieval, inability to find the most current data, system-to–system interface problems, especially after upgrades. Incorrect item selections from a list dependent items. And incomplete data entry during diagnosis. Some of these errors may be minor or not so serious that they pose a risk to patient safety. However, some could have devastating consequences. Middleton and colleagues. (2015). Incorrect patient data matching (e.g. when data is received through HIE from a doctor that applies to another patient) can result in inappropriate medical treatment. These cases may not only cause injury, but could also have long-lasting effects.