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Problem
Read the Real-World Case 6.1 at the end of Chapter 6.
A large urban healthcare system was experiencing the rapid implementation and use of the EHR as well as many mergers and partnerships to support clinics and create better business opportunity. In one year, the healthcare systems purchased three new clinics and became affiliates with two others. The affiliate structure allows for the clinics to use their EHR and have a clear referral process if a patient needed additional attention. While integrating the new clinics into the system, data and documents were being entered into the EHR with no common naming structure and with no common places to enter the information; the data was hard to find and inconsistent throughout the entire health record.
With the need to fix the issue as soon as possible, the eHIM manager was tasked with creating a process for the enterprise record management system. The objectives of the project were to define the organization's official health record, detail the record retention schedule for the organization, and create databases. A team consisting of members from across the organization strived to meet the goals of the project and help create information governance within the organization.
The project was a success and the organization now has processes, policies, procedures, and decisions documented to help manage and support health records throughout the entire organization. In addition, there will be efficient integration of records into the current enterprise record management process as new mergers occur. Better oversight of the records has not solved all the issues with the management of patient records, but it has created a foundation for success and a place to expand and build on information governance.
Source:
Lundgren, K. 2015 (May 1). Minnesota Health Information Management Association Annual Meeting Presentation: Enterprise Record Management.
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