However, there are other options available for customers for entertainment, such as Direct TV and Satellite TV, so Comcast must pay attention to market pricing forces and demand curves. In the area of high-speed internet, however, there are locations where Comcast is indeed the only option available, for example the Central District neighborhood in Seattle (Alben), because no other comparable providers have been issued licenses
For example, Monsanto has a monopoly for many strains of genetically modified corn because of patents on the specific genetic components of the corn. Roundup Ready corn is a Monsanto strain that is resistant to the herbicide, Roundup, which is also produced by Monsanto (Morris)
Due to the need to solve the issues that emerge in the workplace, various problem solving approaches have emerged and are used to help in finding solution to the issues. Regardless of the utilized or adopted problem-solving model, the process generally involves several stages (Hicks, 2004, p
It cannot be denied that, when done properly, electronic health records allows for such a seamless and beautiful result. As such, people that are intentionally or unconsciously undermining the setup need to be fleshed out and corrected (Bates, 2010)
It has gotten to the point, no matter how specious it may sound, that some people say that there is no benefit to using electronic health records and that could not be farther from the truth. This report will explore why this is the opinion of some and why it is simply wrong (Murphy, 2010)
There is also the question of medical error. For example, what if the Zuri was in error regarding a dosage, and the individual suffered a medical emergency: who would be responsible? Will individuals eventually be asked to sign a waiver of responsibility using Zuri or similar devices? Recently, Google Health, "a new free service that lets patients keep all their health records in one place," was lambasted in the Boston Globe for reporting (inaccurately) that a patient's cancer had spread to his spine and skull (Wangness 2009, p
¶ … New Electronic Health Records System Nurse Facilitator preparing a team on implementation of new electronic health records system Electronic health record systems are a compilation of health information details of the individual patients stored in digital systems (Greenhalgh, 2005)
The system will also provide the benefit of being able to use hospital records as sources for relevant and current research activities, hence making the right statistical analysis of the information on healthcare. The electronic health systems will provide easier basis of making a decision for the healthcare professionals (Lehmann, 2006)
I would like to dispel that fear by stating that there is going to be thorough training regarding the system functioning and also, ample time for us to get acquainted with the use of the electronic health systems. The change-over will be implemented in parallel to the current system (Rogers, 2003)
It is an excellent way to store everything that a patient might want to keep on hand, without the need for a lot of paper information which could become lost, damaged, or even destroyed. The medical community does not have the information in the PHR unless the patient chooses to provide it, which not all patients do (Ackerman, 2007)
They see the value these electronic records offer, and they appreciate the information they can get and store about their patients (Gunter & Terry, 2005). The ease of use is also important, and when PHRs are combined with EHRs there would be even more patient information all in one place where doctors and hospitals could access it more easily (Agarwal & Angst, 2006)
Doctors and hospitals that like having the EHRs prefer them because the information can be sent to another person so quickly and accessed almost anywhere, making it convenient during emergencies (Gunter & Terry, 2005). These EHRs also reduce the need for so much paper, which means they take up significantly less space that the hospital or doctor's office can use for something else (Kierkegaard, 2011; Sittig & Singh, 2011)
While these health records are very important to the medical community, there are other ways patients choose to keep track of their health and medical information. Personal health records (PHR) are becoming popular with people who want to chart and track their own health by inputting information regarding it into a database they can access (Kupchunas, 2007; Lewis, et al
This information would come from the doctors and hospitals where the patient has been, but also from the patient himself or herself. One of the reasons this can be so vital is that the patient may record information into his PHR that he or she might not remember to mention to the doctor during an appointment (Lewis, et al
These options represent a wholesale implementation of EHR and a partial implementation initially, which the IT department feels is a lesser option but one that might reduce shock among practitioners, who seem threatened by the change. Both the "big bang" type of implementation plan and the more gradual one have been used successfully in other institutions (Davies, 2006)
Some of the issues have included funding, the rapid pace of change of technology, resistance internally from medical practitioners and issues with respect to time frames and strategic mission. Internal resistance to change seems to be a major obstacle (Hanson, 2013), as many of the physicians in particular are older and not particularly tech-savvy
The perspective of this utopian view is that HIT or the paperless system of health care technically enables the transformation of the said patient to a cheaper but healthier citizen. This occurs through provision of clinical measurements based on the functional status, well-being and the distributions and levels of disease; and by provision of data for the development and maintenance of health records for populations (Freymann Fontenot, 2013)
Even so, expectations in the implementations of HIT over the last two decades have been met by obstacles from other quarters. This may be an indication that any future outcomes in reducing the cost of health care will not be smooth or automatic (Friedman, Parrish & Ross, 2013)
The reduction in productivity emanates from the knowledge end-users acquire about the system thereby posing the danger of revenue loss. Furthermore, an EHR may lead to many inadvertent consequences like changes in power structure, overreliance on technology, negative emotions and increased medical errors (Menachemi & Collum, 2011)
The principles and legislations should borrow from our expertise in industrial and system engineering, policy and quality assurance, EHR implementation, and patient care. Their main focus should be regulations, efficiency, payments and designs centered on patients and healthcare professionals (Sinsky, Beasley, Simmons & Baron, 2014)