Healthcare Today Is Not The Same - 2036 Words

Healthcare today is not the same as it was ten years ago. Healthcare today is more demanding especially with the rise of patients visiting our emergency facilities the more problematic that it can be. With the rise of patients come greater risk and responsibilities with less healthcare providers and more patients, with the same problem that exist in the healthcare system still being very relevant. The medical field have claimed more lives as a result of medical error than we could ever imagined. Like in life most drastic changes usually occurs after a repetitive tragedy has happened. In the healthcare field those tragedies are but not limited to: medical errors, the quality of care or the lack of, the cost of healthcare, and patient†¦show more content†¦They are many different type of CDS system available, choosing one depends on the organization, because the organization will know more about their needs as well as their budget and ultimately which CDS system is best suited for their work environment. Despite the numerous variety of CDS system available the basic functions that they all have in common are: the ability to aid in diagnosing, determining best work up strategy, help in the treatment selection, provide dose calculations, set alerts and reminders along with providing the healthcare provider with results and many more functions that may vary between the systems. For this paper, I will be comparing two CDS system. The CDS systems is Epic system and Soarian. Epic system was introduced in the 1970s by a computer programmer called Judith Faulkner. It was not always known as Epic, it was originally known as Human Services Computing Inc. and it was mainly for medical research. Eventually it started to serve a new purpose, using a longitudinal record and the data was collected from a variety of places like: inpatient and outpatient facilities, insurance companies, and ambulatory services. Their main goal was to develop a system would have an infinite