Utilizing Research Paper

EMR

Electronic Medical Record (EMR), is a digital type paper charts, which are utilized by practitioners for the tenacity of recording patients’ records. In addition, it also contains the medical history of patients, and their current medical issues (Skolnik, 2011). EMR is beneficial in research, as it allows medical practioners to use the collected data from different patients, thus determining the specific effects of a given disease or drug (Nass et al, 2009). In addition, it also improve the quality of a research, due to the clarity of the patients’ information which is being recorded. Information recorded in EMR may as well be used when conducting a research, thus making it easier for researchers to understand the conditions which people from a given area or state are suffering from, and the factors affecting their conditions in the area (Almarsdottir, 2016). Finally, EMR is significant for the collecting first-hand information about an area hence understanding the possible ways of providing medical care to the affected.

Utilization of Research

Healthcare research is significant both to the society and to a health organization, due to the following reasons (Nass et al, 2009). It provides different approaches to dealing with different conditions (Skolnik, 2011). In addition, it also provides the trends of diseases, care patterns, the costs of healthcare and use. Due to this reason, medical practitioners can be able to easily come up with new methods of treatment, hence being able to reduce the chances of the spread of the disease. On the other hand, healthcare research leads to the discovery of new medical discoveries, new therapies, and also the improvement of healthcare provision. Finally, researches have significant impact on human life, as they help in providing new ways of dealing and treating different medical conditions (Almarsdottir, 2016).

The administration is supposed to utilize research for its organization, as it allows it to understand the systems which it needs to incorporate, in order to deal with issues which have been recorded from the research (Skolnik, 2011). This may include the implementation of EMR, since it is significant to understand the research first and foremost, before moving forward to implement the EMR (Almarsdottir, 2016). This is significant as it allows the administration to understand the issues which it will be facing, the best system to deal with the issue, and the best ways of planning for the issues provided in the research (Nass et al, 2009).

The utilization of research is important for the implementation of EMR technology, since EMR is supposed to be made in such a way that it can be easily used (Almarsdottir, 2016). For instance, an EMR of a hospital in Texas, cannot be similar to an EMR of a hospital in California. This is basically because different health institutions require different EMR’s depending on how they prefer to use it (Nass et al, 2009). EMR is usually customized, and it is therefore necessary to conduct a research, on how to customize the EMR, thus making it easier for the medical practitioners in a health organization to use it at ease. In addition, research also allows the relevant authorities in an organization to understand the types of systems which should be incorporated into the EMR, and its cost, thus coming up with an expenditure (Skolnik, 2011).

Stakeholders

A stakeholder is any party which participates in the activities of a company, and can either be affected or affect the performance of the business.

Stakeholders may have an understanding on how research should be utilized in a company, this consequently means that if they are involved in research utilization, then they can come up with unique procedures of using the research, thus improving the performance of the company (Skolnik, 2011). In addition, stakeholders need to be involved in the execution of new tasks in the company, thus allowing them to provide their opinion on the issue, hence impacting the company positively. Failure to include stakeholders in the utilization of research, may affect the company negatively, a factor which may make some stakeholders to pull out of the company, thus affecting the performance of the company (Almarsdottir, 2016).

EMR is significant and it greatly influences stakeholders, due to the way it impacts flow of services in a healthcare organization (Nass et al, 2009). Immediately after an EMR is implemented, doctors, nurses, and patients, who are all stakeholders, get to fully benefit from the system, as it allows the storage of information to be done easily, treatment to be also conducted easily thus saving lives (Skolnik, 2011). Finally, EMR influences the medical practitioners to work hard, due to the flexibility of the EMR systems, which makes it easier for them to work ease, and to also provide medical support to patients without any problems whatsoever (Almarsdottir, 2016). As medical practitioners work hard, they also learn about new disease trends, hence coming up with measures of preventing the spread of the disease.

Recommendation      

EMR can be implemented in an organization through the involvement of all the stakeholders in the implementation process. This is whereby all the stakeholders will provide their opinions on how the system should be customized, thus leading to the implementation of a unique and easy to use system.

Reference

Skolnik, N. S. (2011). Electronic medical records: A practical guide for primary care. New York: Humana.

Almarsdottir, A. B. (2016). Drug utilization research: Methods and applications. Wiley-Blackwell.

Nass, S. J., Levit, L. A., Gostin, L. O., & Institute of Medicine (U.S.). (2009). Beyond the HIPAA privacy rule: Enhancing privacy, improving health through research. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.