Reference no: EM133692283

Question

Even though almost all patient data is now stored electronically, healthcare providers, patients, and policymakers continue to express frustration over the inability to move data around easily (Blumenthal, 2022). Robust exchange of patient data has the potential to improve the quality of care and back the efforts of all stakeholders (Blumenthal, 2022). As stated by Doll et al. (2021), access to comprehensive patient records will aid in making informed health care decisions. It is on the basis of the importance of electronic health records and interoperability that this paper endeavors to address the challenge of interoperability in the delivery of telepsychiatry care in a private organization in New Jersey. The paper gives a brief description of the system, followed by Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) quality improvement framework to address the problem. The paper then looks at the characteristics of the organization, the parameters to determine the effectiveness of the interventions, the members to be involved in the change process, the possible contributions to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) policy, and finally conclusion.