Specific Change within a Health Care Organization

Change within an Organization
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Change within an Organization
Introduction
The implementation of continuous changes in any health care organization ensures the reliability and readiness of that organization. This assignment aims to present the implementation of electronic health record as a change in a health care organization for improved outcomes, the impact of this change on my role and responsibilities, the rationale for the change, assessment of change management, and suggestions for further improvement.
Discussion
Specific Change within a Health Care Organization
In order to comply with the current trends of information technology for improved outcomes, we decided to integrate the electronic health record (EHR) system in our health care organization. The EHR is a patient’s paper chart in a digital version that contains the patient-centred real-time record which makes the patient’s information accessible to the authorized personnel (HealthIT, 2018). The EHRs are already quite actively used by commercial medical institutions that understand their benefits. These benefits outweigh the possible risks and negative consequences of using an EHR. The risks are reduced through the development of internal regulatory documents detailing the work in the health care organization.
Impact of EHR on My Role and Responsibilities
The introduction of EHR has resulted in several benefits for the health care organization. The integration of the EHR provides outcomes in providing care to the patients as it provides a principal repository of data which may be available from every authorized health care organization (Health Informatics, 2019). Therefore, it has provided convenience for me being a health care professional, as we can access the patient’s data even upon his or her first visit. So, we are not supposed to take a history from the patients since some patients get annoye...