Evolution of Health Care Paper and Timeline There are specific trends from manual to electronic operations in the health care facilities, healthcare providers and similar businesses operators. The evolution has taken place within the health care providers, administrative data and the insurance plans as well. The health care industries have automated several procedures such as the supply of drugs and accurate record keeping (Loker 2012). Electronic health care uses sophisticated technology unlike the manual one; this advanced technology has been applied in the provision of health care all over the world hence saving both time and cost It has also widened and perfected the scope of operation. How has this change impacted the quality of care? The change to electronic medical records has proven to be successful and helpful in providing quality patient care. Some ways that it has helped is improving patient care, increasing patient participation, improved care coordination, improved diagnostic and patient outcomes, and practice efficiencies and cost savings. (HealthIT.gov). Patients are able to be more involved in the patient care process and are able to access to their records which was not possible in the past. The transporting of records from one physician to another is much quicker now because it can be done by a click of a button. When needing to send a patient to a specialist or when getting an authorization for a patient’s recommended treatment can be done a lot quicker as well. This is speeding up the process in being able to provide quick and quality care so the patient does not need to wait as long as they would have had to in the past. Percentage of physicians whose electronic health records provided selected benefits (HealthIT.gov) Electronic medical records has proven to be a good thing for both the medical provider as well as the patient and it has decreased the wait times to results or any potential errors and enhanced patient care. Did Societal beliefs and values influence this change? Why or why not? The health care delivery system in our country has its roots in the beliefs and values of the people (Shi & Singh, 2012). The firm belief in technological innovations leads to higher expectations of people, which has fueled the growth in technological innovations. The culture of individualism has led the medical practice to keep the individual healthy. Patients tend to evaluate the institutions by their acquisition of advanced technology. The expectation of Americans on what technology can do to cure illness is higher compared to the Canadians and Germans (Shi & Singh, 2012, p. 168). The societal beliefs and values impact not only the structure of health care delivery but also the training of health care providers. The use of EHRs provided access to patients’ records on demand and have improved the quality of health care (Shi & Singh, 2012). Although the EHRs were to improve the quality of health care delivery, many ...

1. Evolution of Health Care Paper and Timeline
There are specific trends from manual to electronic operations
in the health care facilities, healthcare providers and similar
businesses operators. The evolution has taken place within the
health care providers, administrative data and the insurance
plans as well. The health care industries have automated several
procedures such as the supply of drugs and accurate record
keeping (Loker 2012). Electronic health care uses sophisticated
technology unlike the manual one; this advanced technology has
been applied in the provision of health care all over the world
hence saving both time and cost It has also widened and
perfected the scope of operation.
How has this change impacted the quality of care?
The change to electronic medical records has proven to be
successful and helpful in providing quality patient care. Some
ways that it has helped is improving patient care, increasing
patient participation, improved care coordination, improved
diagnostic and patient outcomes, and practice efficiencies and
cost savings. (HealthIT.gov). Patients are able to be more
involved in the patient care process and are able to access to
their records which was not possible in the past. The
transporting of records from one physician to another is much
quicker now because it can be done by a click of a button. When
needing to send a patient to a specialist or when getting an
authorization for a patient’s recommended treatment can be
done a lot quicker as well. This is speeding up the process in
being able to provide quick and quality care so the patient does
not need to wait as long as they would have had to in the past.
Percentage of physicians whose electronic health records

2. provided selected benefits
(HealthIT.gov)
Electronic medical records has proven to be a good thing for
both the medical provider as well as the patient and it has
decreased the wait times to results or any potential errors and
enhanced patient care.
Did Societal beliefs and values influence this change? Why or
why not?
The health care delivery system in our country has its roots in
the beliefs and values of the people (Shi & Singh, 2012). The
firm belief in technological innovations leads to higher
expectations of people, which has fueled the growth in
technological innovations. The culture of individualism has led
the medical practice to keep the individual healthy. Patients
tend to evaluate the institutions by their acquisition of advanced
technology. The expectation of Americans on what technology
can do to cure illness is higher compared to the Canadians and
Germans (Shi & Singh, 2012, p. 168). The societal beliefs and
values impact not only the structure of health care delivery but
also the training of health care providers.
The use of EHRs provided access to patients’ records on
demand and have improved the quality of health care (Shi &
Singh, 2012). Although the EHRs were to improve the quality of
health care delivery, many providers and institutions did not
adopt them due to the cost involved in implementing them.
Since a vast majority of the society expects the government to
take care of their health, the government agencies play a
significant role in passing laws and guidelines in the best
interest of public health. To motivate physicians to use EHRs,

3. the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offered
incentives to physicians investing in the EHR systems (Tripathi,
2012). The adoption of EHR would mean the improved health of
the individual and the population. The use of EHR has improved
the relationship between the patient and the provider as
information is readily available to both the provider and
physician, which increases patient involvement in the
prevention and coordination of care. Americans have become
involved with their health care and has taken a shift to
preventive solutions from being treated for illness.
Change affecting team views.
While the change from manual to electronic health records
instigated substantial progress in the way health information
technology was implemented and sourced, it still has yet to
launch advanced use of health information technology in a
highly operational healthcare system. In order for success to be
achieved, systematic changes need to take place with medical
payments. Making and receiving payments has been quicker
with the use of EMR and the medical coding process. With
everything being done electronically, medical payments are
distributed quickly and efficiently. In addition to the
requirement imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to use
EHRs in health care settings, positive outcomes of using the
EHR like improved patient relationship, quality of care, patient
centered care are a testimony to the fact that the use of EHRs
will continue to trend upward.
Time line of health records.
In the 1920s, healthcare professionals recognized they were
more effective at treating patients with comprehensive and
correct medical history thus paper medical records were kept.

4. Technology continued to advance and the beginning of a new
system was introduced from 1960 to 1970. During this time,
patient data was generated electronically and stored at a specific
facility, typically university healthcare facilities, but the patient
data was only retrievable at the specific healthcare location.
From 1980 to 1990, a major success was the roll out of the first
database of patient information, called master patient index
(MPI) managed by all divisions of healthcare organizations.
Later in the 1990s, computer healthcare applications were
introduced to the market but they lacked the capability of
communicating with each other or being viewed by other
divisions. In 1996, medical record standards were established
and distributed to provider offices with regular compliance
assessments. By 2000, electronic medical records were
responsible for reducing medical errors and increasing quality
care but a surge in accidental patient injuries and deaths
prompted President Bush to appeal for computerized health
records in the State of the Union Address in 2004. A major
reform in the medical software and databases was underway. In
2009, President Obama passed the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which requires seventy percent of all
primary care providers to implement Electronic Medical
Records by 2014 (Brooks, n.d.). According to Healthcare IT
News, "The most recently available survey data finds
approximately three-quarters of U.S. nonfederal acute care
hospitals have at least a basic electronic health record system
which represents a significant increase from the prior year.”
(Miliard, 2016).
Conclusion
Conclusion – Summarize the main points of the paper.
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