Benefits and Challenges of adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) in Nurse

Anesthesia Profession

In the consistently developing landscapes of healthcare, an essential change has been in progress
- the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an
electronic form of a patient’s clinical history, which is kept up with by the supplier over the long
run. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) may incorporate every one of the key regulatory
clinical information pertinent to that patient’s care under a specific supplier, including
demographic, progress notes, issues, medications, and important signs, past clinical history,
immunization, laboratory data information and radiology reports. However generally perceived
as a problematic power ready to upset patient consideration, the execution of EHRs likewise
presents remarkable difficulties for explicit medical services callings. Concerning the nurse
anesthesia profession, the adoption of EHRs delivers a domain of advantages and challenges,
provoking medical care experts and policymakers the same to inspect the ramifications
completely. In this paper, we dive into the astonishing benefits that EHRs present to nurture
anesthetists while revealing insight into the considerable difficulties they should defy in their
day-to-day practice. Allow us to investigate the extraordinary excursion of nurse anesthetists in
the advanced age and disentangle the complex embroidered artwork of EHRs in this powerful
field.
Standards and Regulations
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act,
part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, modernizes EHR interoperability.
The $35 billion HITECH Act promotes EHR adoption and meaningful usage nationwide. 1 The
Act's goals connect with nurse anesthesia, where precise and complete patient data can improve

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outcomes. The HITECH Act promoted a national health IT infrastructure to streamline
healthcare delivery. The Act encouraged hospitals and other healthcare professionals, including
nurse anesthetists, to switch to EHRs. This was more than just digitization—it was a strategic
initiative to improve patient information efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility, enhancing
healthcare quality. The increasing use of interoperable EHR systems promised improved clinical
decision-making and patient care for nurse anesthetists, who work in high-pressure
circumstances where patient information is vital. However, universal EHR interoperability has
been difficult. Complex healthcare data, different data standards, and the requirement for strong
privacy and security have all been obstacles. Due to the initial focus on adoption rather than
effective use, many healthcare providers, including anesthesiology practices, had non-
interoperable or unsuitable EHR systems. The HITECH Act set the stage, but stakeholders
throughout the healthcare continuum had to work together to achieve its goals.
To promote EHR adoption and interoperability, the HITECH Act introduced Meaningful
Use standards. The CMS program assured healthcare providers that they had adopted EHR
technology to improve treatment. Data capture and exchange, upgraded clinical processes, and
improved results improve EHR utilization and interoperability. Meaningful usage affects nurse
anesthesia, where precision and informed decision-making are essential. Health information
digitalization and secure exchange created a more integrated and transparent healthcare
environment in the initial stage. Multidisciplinary anesthetic treatment requires advanced clinical
processes like decision assistance, medication management, and patient data exchange across
healthcare facilities, which the second stage fostered. Nurse anesthesia practice aimed to improve
healthcare outcomes with EHR technology in the third stage. 2(p14) Despite its lofty goals,
meaningful utilization was difficult. Many doctors struggled to achieve standards, and the

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program's stringent framework felt disconnected from real practice. Rapid adoption led to a
proliferation of non-interoperable EHR systems, making it difficult for practitioners, including
nurse anesthetists, to share and access patient data across platforms. These problems showed that
the program needed refinement and adaptability to meet healthcare providers' and patients'
changing demands.
The ONC Health IT Certification Program ensures that EHR systems are depen