We nurses want the EMR to do more than display patient data #NurseITchat
— Lisa Reichard, RN (@NurseNadeen) May 6, 2014
Seems fitting to start off our Twitter roundup with a nurse related tweet for Nurse Week. Lisa makes an interesting comment in this tweet. Unfortunately, most of the EHR effort is focused on the doctors and not nearly enough time on the nurses. When you look at the nurse interface of many EHR, it feels like an afterthought. It’s too bad since they spend so much of their work life in the EHR.
What Good Can We Do? http://t.co/gnzWZwWQYI #HITsm #hcsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) May 9, 2014
I wrote this post over on EMR and HIPAA, but I wanted the readers of EMR and EHR to read it as well. I think this is an important question for all of us. What good can we do? Can we do more than we’re doing today?
I can do it; I can do it better; I can do it best — Web Based EMR http://t.co/BSuzuCugvs
— Chandresh J Shah (@chandresh27) May 12, 2014
The concept of Good, Better and Best EMR is a really interesting question. We all know that there are good, better and best EMR, but there’s no really good way to know which EMR falls into which category. Plus, it changes based on an individual clinic or hospital’s environment. I wish I knew an easier way to tell the difference.
Nurses are an integral part of the clinical setup, carrying out clinical orders and often interacting with patients more than physicians themselves. EHR implementation affects nurses as much as any other staff, and their needs must be considered when choosing a vendor and organizing workflow in the emerging digital landscape. In order for a practice to successfully implement a new EHR system, all clinical staff, including nurses must be willing to learn and engage with the technology.