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Healthcare risk management challenges created by federal regulation of electronic medical records and care management
Author(s) -
Hofert James,
Bossen Roy,
Schramm Linnea,
Dowell Michael
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.21117
Subject(s) - pace , legislation , health care , business , health records , government (linguistics) , medical record , health information technology , quality (philosophy) , electronic health record , internet privacy , medical emergency , public relations , medicine , computer science , political science , linguistics , philosophy , geodesy , epistemology , law , radiology , geography
Health information technology (HIT) continues to evolve at an ever accelerating pace. Recent federal legislation has encouraged the widespread adoption of electronic record systems in the healthcare environment. 1 The federal government recognizes that advanced electronic health record (EHR) systems with clinical decision support (CDS) functionalities have the potential to offer numerous benefits to the quality of patient care. 2