Medical Alert Systems – A Life Line for Seniors
Posted by in Healthcare Systems on January 7, 2012
A personal emergency response system can save your elderly loved one’s life in the event of a sudden illness or accident. How do you choose the best senior alert system? In today’s feature, we’ll review the most popular senior alert systems.
Med Alerts for Seniors
More and more seniors are living alone and wish to maintain their independence. They don’t want to leave their home and move in with relatives or go into a senior residence. But if you’re like millions of people who worry about an aging loved one, you need to know they’re safe and sound. Luckily, today’s medical alert devices can help you and your special senior citizen make safe independent living practical.
Medical Alert Systems: How They Work
Senior medical alerts systems are comprised of a push-button call device that activates an intercom device. The push button is worn around the neck as a pendant, around the wrist like a watch or clipped on the belt. Most companies offer all three choices.
When the call button is pressed it activates the monitoring system, which is essentially an intercom device that connects the senior with the monitoring company. The monitoring company’s call center then calls the home and attempts to speak with the senior. Based upon the response they get from the senior, the company will follow a predetermined protocol. For example, if the button was pressed accidentally or just to test the device the call center will note the incident – they will not send 911 every time the button is pressed.
What You Need To Know
The call-button has a limited transmission range which is adequate for most homes. But if you wander out of range, the push button will not work. Some monitoring services will be alerted when the transmission device stops working (whether it is because the device is out of range, the battery is dead or other malfunction) – but many cheap monitoring systems do not have this feature. Make sure you pick the right one. Read the rest of this entry »
Electronic Medical Record Systems And The Environment
Posted by in Uncategorized on January 7, 2012
EMR, commonly known as electronic medical record, has opened a new chapter of service quality in the field of healthcare. It has brought opportunities for the medical staff to make their work life as effortless as possible by streamlining clinical procedures. In recent past when EMR was introduced it took huge amount of resources in the form of human capital, postal services and stationery item to process just one file. EMR software has proved to be a environment friendly healthcare system by removing the need for bulky paper work, piles of record keeping and hand written applications and prescriptions, substituting it with the sustainable and atmosphere pro electronic medical record system.
During 1990s, particularly in 1996 when the HIPAA Act came into effect, there was very low electronic medical record usage by physicians. Some of the adoption issues reported then with EMR systems were fears of poor security of sensitive information and the complexity involved in the personal information held. The resulting solution was industry led, as CCHIT was formed to only support the electronic health system but also certify it so that clinics and hospitals can widely adapt to the environment friendly health care option. Read the rest of this entry »