GREATER EFFICIENCY IN PATIENT CARE THROUGH THE AME 2016 - Safety Issues Associated with Electronic Health Records Integration -By Compliance Global Inc

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Category Education; E-Learning

Deadline: August 17, 2016 | Date: August 17, 2016

Venue/Country: Online Training, U.S.A

Updated: 2016-07-19 18:58:46 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

As a result of the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act in 2009, the integration of the electronic health record system (EHR) revolutionized the documentation of patient care. The expectations of the EHR were tremendous and promised greater efficiency, accuracy and coordinated care.

Clinical errors, inaccuracies, complex workflows and compliance remain a reality following EHR integration. Although electronic documentation provides a massive repository for rapid communication of vital patient information and viewing of critical data questions remain related to patient safety training.

Electronic documentation is challenging to the legal team’s interpretation of the medical record. The legal team may be unaware of many hidden aspects that impact the delivery of safe, quality care. In addition, factors such as workarounds, poor application design, incomplete testing procedures, instructional design barriers and lack of end user training may not be readily apparent to the legal team when reviewing the EHR. Both human and technical components of EHRs remain challenging in the clinical setting. The promise of the EHR being a solution to the complexity of healthcare is certainly challenging for clinicians.

The webinar is designed to assist the legal team with understanding behind the scenes of the EHR impacting patient safety, quality and hospital safety issues.

Why Should You Attend:

Those benefiting from this webinar include various members of the legal team including medical malpractice nurse experts and attorneys. Many times individuals are unaware of hidden considerations required to fully implement an EHR that may precipitate complications and errors.

Clinical leaderships such as managers, directors and executives will find value in learning factors that may contribute to issues in compliance, safety and quality. The emerging field of Informatics has revolutionized healthcare decision making and practice.

The legal team must be aware of potential factors that are not readily discussed as factors impacting patient safety and quality. The unique webinar content includes people, process and technology areas that impact implementation and ongoing maintenance of the EHR.

Areas Covered in this Webinar:

This webinar will include foundational topics that are pertinent to EHR integration that have an impact of efficiency, safety, quality and compliance. As legal experts, understanding factors that affect the quality of electronic documentation and the ability to interpret the medical record are important. The complexity of electronic documentation and requirements of end users have a substantial impact on competence, compliance and quality. An overview of the following key topics will be discussed in the webinar.

Importance of certification in health information technology

Transformational quality management

Usability and safety

Informatics terminology

Clinical decision support tools impact on errors

Overview of 2016 health information technology trends

Learning Objectives:

Define common informatics terminology used in EHR implementation and utilization in care delivery

Identify instructional design and training issues that impact end user compliance

Identify common considerations with Clinical Decision Support tools contributing to potential errors

Discuss how organizations are effected by transformational quality management principles

Discuss the importance of using certified health information technology

Discuss considerations associated with EHR usability and patient safety

Identify 3 new 2016 health IT trends to be aware of in clinical practice

Who Will Benefit:

Various members of the Legal Team

Nurse Experts and Attorneys

Clinical Leadership Managers, Directors and Executives

Safety Consultant

Business Owner

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Level:

Intermediate

Speaker Profile:

Dr. Rufo is an accomplished Healthcare leader with 31 years in diverse areas of Critical Care Nursing practice, Administration, Education, Telemedicine, and Informatics. Major accomplishments are directed at extensive experience in operational and service line leadership. She has over 16 years’ experience in direct leadership roles including operational, technology and informatics. She is recognized as a national leader in Telemedicine technology. Dr. Rufo is the first leader to develop 2 large Telemedicine units within 2 large Chicago Healthcare facilities. She also is the recipient of 2 national awards for excellence in Telemedicine.

Dr. Rufo is currently the Director of Patient Care Informatics System Training at Presence Health in Chicago. Her large team of instructional designers and trainers are responsible for system wide initiatives and education associated with electronic health records in both inpatient and ambulatory staff. Dr. Rufo believes in lifelong learning and has consistently served a dual role as a faculty member at several universities. She is an active Associate Professor in traditional /online Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing programs for the past 6 years. She possess approximately 29 years of teaching a wide variety of adult learning settings, topics, and strategies.

Dr. Rufo belongs to numerous professional organizations and presents nationally on telemedicine, leadership, educational and informatics topics. She is an accomplished author of several journal publications and serves as a content reviewer for 2 profession journals.

Dr. Rufo is a graduate of Rush University, Chicago (DNSc) and the University of Pittsburgh (BSN/MSN).

Dr. Rufo is married and has 2 daughters (freshman in college and junior in high school). She is a dedicated dog enthusiast and has a beautiful 3 year old boxer-lab. She enjoys all fitness activities including Cardio-Kickboxing, Insanity, Pilates and Yoga.