Benefits of the New Chart Order
To increase familiarization and acceptance of the new chart order, each stakeholder should understand how its adoption will positively impact their work (Self, 2007). In the case of the new chart order, to ensure its successful implementation, the following benefits should be communicated to each stakeholder.
Health Administrators
· Improved quality and safety of health
· Increased administrative efficiencies.
· Enable collaborative care.
Physicians
· Improve quality of care through enhanced access of essential information.
· Increased efficiency enables physicians to see more patients.
Nurses
· Improve quality of care – more time can be devoted to patients as a result of
streamlined processes and the elimination of redundant administration tasks.
· Allow faster response times – consistent and organized access to patient information enables nurses to respond quickly and appropriately to emergencies.
· Enable collaborative care.
· Allow seamless transfer of information.
· Enable efficiencies that save time.
· Reduce risk of errors.
Allied Health
· Provide comprehensive patient information – access to a patient’s complete record.
· Enable collaborative care - seamless communication among health providers.
· Increased efficiency with consistent charting practices between departments.
· Accelerate delivery of diagnostic images – quick access to imaging results
facilitates clinical decision making.
· Enable quick access to lab results when information is consistently in the same place.
Health Administrators
· Improved quality and safety of health
· Increased administrative efficiencies.
· Enable collaborative care.
Physicians
· Improve quality of care through enhanced access of essential information.
· Increased efficiency enables physicians to see more patients.
Nurses
· Improve quality of care – more time can be devoted to patients as a result of
streamlined processes and the elimination of redundant administration tasks.
· Allow faster response times – consistent and organized access to patient information enables nurses to respond quickly and appropriately to emergencies.
· Enable collaborative care.
· Allow seamless transfer of information.
· Enable efficiencies that save time.
· Reduce risk of errors.
Allied Health
· Provide comprehensive patient information – access to a patient’s complete record.
· Enable collaborative care - seamless communication among health providers.
· Increased efficiency with consistent charting practices between departments.
· Accelerate delivery of diagnostic images – quick access to imaging results
facilitates clinical decision making.
· Enable quick access to lab results when information is consistently in the same place.
