HLTH 125 — Electronic Health Records
This course provides instruction in the use of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system with an understanding of how EHRs change healthcare delivery workflows that affect quality improvement, patient safety and care coordination. Included is the use of industry -standard software for hands -on experience with electronic input to establish patient demographics for charting and clinical documentation generated during patient encounters. Various methods of capturing and recording EHR data are used including source documents and the creation of templates. Decision support productivity tools are introduced. The course reviews standards criteria, aspects of compliance and related regulations including the linking of Meaningful Use (MU) criteria and measures to the function of EHRs. Prerequisite(s): HLTH program acceptance Corequisite(s): none