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Advantages of using EHR/EMR Systems by Stephen Janssen
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Advantages of using EHR/EMR Systems |
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An EHR software, or Electronic Health Record, is a technology developed and introduced to improve medical practices and healthcare services. It is similar to the use of EMR or Electronic Medical Record, in which these technologies had relatively improved process of storing, retrieving, and modifying medical records.
Advantages of using EHR/EMR Systems There are many advantages of using EMR or EHR systems other than just for storing and modifying medical records. Here are some of those benefits:
Cost-Efficiency According to many experts, the use of EMR/ ehr software can relatively reduce the cost of using paper and storage Facilities. Because it is a standard in the US that medical records must be kept and stored in a secured storage space for 7 years, larger healthcare institutions would usually rent a storage space outside their premises.
EHR and EMR systems, on the other hand, would only produce digital information which can be stored in a digital storage space, such as a hard disk drive, which can also be easily stored within the facility’s own premises.
Improving Healthcare Services One important use of EMR and EHR systems is that it had relatively improved healthcare services. The implementation of electronic health records (EHR) can help lessen patient sufferance due to medical errors and the inability of analysts to assess quality. EHR systems can help reduce medical errors by providing healthcare workers with decision support.
According to many experts, fast access to medical literature and current best practices in medicine are known to enable proliferation of ongoing improvements in healthcare efficacy, such as the use of pain management emr.
In addition to that, the use of EMR and EHR systems can also eliminate the occurrence of medical errors associated with the use of paper-based records.
Pre-printed forms, the standardization of abbreviations, and standards for penmanship were encouraged to improve reliability of paper medical records. Electronic records help with the standardization of forms, terminology and abbreviations, and data input. Digitization of forms facilitates the collection of data for epidemiology and clinical studies.
Record Keeping and Mobility EHR systems have the advantages of being able to connect to many electronic medical record systems. In the current global medical environment, patients are shopping for their procedures. Many international patients travel to US cities with academic research centers for specialty treatment or to participate in Clinical Trials. Coordinating these appointments via paper records is a time-consuming procedure.
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