Electronic health records (EHRs), by streamlining how health care is provided,  can improve the efficiency of medical records and the quality of care (Jette, 2019). Clinical documentation needs to reflect and be consistent with the care provided (Jette, 2019). Tracking patient’s records and their care has improved the quality of care by reducing errors (Balestra, 2019). Briefly describe the selected EHR software solutions. Include three features of each software in the description. EPIC EHR Epic is an electronic medical record that is a centralized solution for health care communication and documentation. It delivers and coordinates care through dedicated modules for many specialties, including hospitals, long-term care, labs, rehab, urgent care, and many more. This software offers many features, including but not limited to telehealth, analytics, and clinical. Telehealth Telehealth has a patient portal for patients to manage their care through electronic access to their healthcare information. They can schedule appointments, attend electronic telehealth visits, message their doctors, provide better health outcomes, and be accessible and available on tablets and phones. It also allows for monitoring patients in ICU, manages chronic diseases, has central deterioration monitoring, and allows case managers to manage care and coordinate discharge plans in acute care settings, hospitals, and rural settings. Analytics Analytics collects all the information that has been imputed and curates all the information at one point so that users can access it; it provides dashboards and reports that are utilized for benchmarking and quality improvement of patient care. Analytics allows the health care team to investigate through the built-in dashboards and quickly provide adequate care to the patient. The management of data allows for quick answers to complicated questions by combining the clinical data that has been inputted by care staff, allowing for quick decision-making. Clinical The clinical program is tailored to fit the organization’s needs, from workflow to the layout of screens. Clinical documentation, care planning, medications administration and orders, physician updates are at the fingertips of all staff.  Data inputted by the health care professionals are linked and streamlines to get patients healthier faster, connecting physicians through the web, mobile phones, and high other tech methods. The staff has access to one point of care date, real-time, allowing for quick response, solutions, and positive patient outcomes. iCare Manager iCare manager is software primarily used by assisted livings and small group homes for the elderly.  It focuses specifically on the elderly and their diagnosis and plan of care. It is a relatively new system focusing on the small providers of long-term healthcare. iCare is an electronic medical record that is a centralized electronic solution for assisted livings, providing documentation at one point tha ...

1. Electronic health records (EHRs), by streamlining how health
care is provided, can improve the efficiency of medical records
and the quality of care (Jette, 2019). Clinical documentation
needs to reflect and be consistent with the care provided (Jette,
2019). Tracking patient’s records and their care has improved
the quality of care by reducing errors (Balestra, 2019).
Briefly describe the selected EHR software solutions. Include
three features of each software in the description.
EPIC EHR
Epic is an electronic medical record that is a centralized
solution for health care communication and documentation. It
delivers and coordinates care through dedicated modules for
many specialties, including hospitals, long-term care, labs,
rehab, urgent care, and many more. This software offers many
features, including but not limited to telehealth, analytics, and
clinical.
Telehealth
Telehealth has a patient portal for patients to manage their care
through electronic access to their healthcare information. They
can schedule appointments, attend electronic telehealth visits,
message their doctors, provide better health outcomes, and be
accessible and available on tablets and phones. It also allows
for monitoring patients in ICU, manages chronic diseases, has
central deterioration monitoring, and allows case managers to
manage care and coordinate discharge plans in acute care
settings, hospitals, and rural settings.
Analytics

2. Analytics collects all the information that has been imputed and
curates all the information at one point so that users can access
it; it provides dashboards and reports that are utilized for
benchmarking and quality improvement of patient care.
Analytics allows the health care team to investigate through the
built-in dashboards and quickly provide adequate care to the
patient. The management of data allows for quick answers to
complicated questions by combining the clinical data that has
been inputted by care staff, allowing for quick decision-making.
Clinical
The clinical program is tailored to fit the organization’s needs,
from workflow to the layout of screens. Clinical documentation,
care planning, medications administration and orders, physician
updates are at the fingertips of all staff. Data inputted by the
health care professionals are linked and streamlines to get
patients healthier faster, connecting physicians through the web,
mobile phones, and high other tech methods. The staff has
access to one point of care date, real-time, allowing for quick
response, solutions, and positive patient outcomes.
iCare Manager
iCare manager is software primarily used by assisted livings and
small group homes for the elderly. It focuses specifically on
the elderly and their diagnosis and plan of care. It is a relatively
new system focusing on the small providers of long-term
healthcare. iCare is an electronic medical record that is a
centralized electronic solution for assisted livings, providing
documentation at one point that is accessible to other users
within the same organization. It delivers and coordinates care
through dedicated modules specific to assisted livings. This
software offers analytics, Emar, assessments, care tracker,
clinical documentation, staff licensure, and staffing schedules.

3. EMAR
Electronic medical records can coordinate all medications
based on scheduled administration time, allow staff to sign
medication administration, and send alerts to managers for any
missed mediations, allowing for quick follow-up. It can set
parameters, create a face-sheet with all patient demographics,
including physician and pharmacy information. Its clear screen
display allows for streamlined medication administration by
care staff and links with a pharmacy for accurate updates and
changes with new medication orders.
Assessments
The assisted living completed routine and regular assessments
on all residents based on health care regulations. iCare Manager
has a component designed to meet the specific documentation
requirement for delegating nurses and managers by health care
regulatory requirements.
Care Tracker
Assisted Livings are required to track and document the ADLs
of all the patients. Care tracker is a component of iCare, where
care staff can log in and document all care provided daily. It
can scan documents that can be integrated into the patient’s
chart and easily accessible to the healthcare team. It tracks and
sends alerts to the manager and delegating nurse any abnormal
issues or concerns. For example, if a patient has not had a
bowel movement for three days, an alert will be sent to quickly
take the appropriate action, resulting in better patient outcomes.
All components of the iCare manager are integrated, allowing
for access on mobile phones and pads. Physician, nursing team
pharmacy all have access to one point allowing for seamless,

4. efficient care and outcomes.
Compare and contrast the benefits of the two selected EHR
software solutions.
EPIC and iCare are both web-based electronic health record
software. Epic is aimed for use at hospitals and acute care
settings; iCare is specific for assisted livings. Both have a good
workflow and are easy to use; EPIC can be customized, iCare is
not customizable. Epic provides a patient portal for patients to
log in and manage their health care; iCare does not have a
patient portal. Both allow providers to scan documents and save
them in the patient’s portal, and both are easily accessible from
mobile phones. Acute care and hospitals settings use EPIC,
which has been around for some time and can meet their
communication and documentation needs. iCare is relatively
new and is still going through growing pains, but it is by far one
of the best soft wares for small assisted livings with less than
16 residents. Both have issues related to web-based access. If
power or connection is lost, it places the health care providers
in the difficult position of trying to care without access to the
patient portal and could increase errors.
Select an EHR software solution that is best suited for your
workplace environment. Identify the workplace environment
(hospital, stand-alone private practice, etc.) and provide your
rationale for the selected software.
iCare is best suited for my care environment. As a small
assisted living provider with 16 residents and low staff
numbers, meeting the regulatory requirements can be
challenging. iCare, with its user-friendly software, allows for
easy documentation of assessments, care plans, nursing notes,
and direct connectivity with pharmacy and physicians, makes it
a cost-effective and user-friendly solution that meets our needs.
The staff has direct access to EMAR for daily medication

5. administration, and the caretaker tracks activities of daily living
required by our regulatory board. iCare sends alerts directly to
mobile devices if medications are missed or omitted or any
abnormal readings of vital signs, weights, bowel movements.
Continued upgrades are needed to accommodate the changing
needs of small assisted livings, according to Schopf et al.
(2019), substantial development is required to improve the EHR
to support patients’ health information for healthcare providers
accurately. “An abundance of healthcare information can be
managed through databases by using electronic medical records,
and this makes data more easily shared between providers and
organizations” (Kruse et al, 2018. p.14)
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