implimentation of Electronic Health Records

Electronic Health Records in Today 's Modern Era

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Electronic Health Records in Today 's Modern Era Computer technology has become a vital part of human existence . Students can easily look for a resource material in the Internet email allows families and friends communicate in any part of the world and money transfer is fast and easy . These are just a few of the many benefits computer technology has been offering the world

The dawn of the Internet has changed the face of the

world . The word electronic is rampantly heard : electronic book (eBook , electronic business (eBusiness , electronic marketing (eMarketing , and electronic banking (eBanking , among others . Today , many transactions can be done electronically . We just need a computer (or laptop ) and an Internet connection (wired or wireless , and a lot of things can be done for a day

Computer technology has also allows us to store and to organize our s . Some computers programs were developed to provide assistance in the data management of many businesses . Even our computers at home are a great help in organizing our school stuffs like projects , researches and reports . With s and data stored and organized in computers retrieval of those s and data are easy

Computer technology has found many applications in the field of medicine , from the computer-operated hospital equipment to data management and from the state-of-the art laboratory apparatus to computerized ambulances . The continuous development in the computer technology has speed up development in the field of medicine as well New equipment , new medicines , new processes , and new medical procedures have emerged as a result of the bloom of the computer technology . Among the many applications of computer technology in hospitals , let us focus on one and that is data management . Safekeeping , organizing , retrieving and inventorying are processes include in proper data management . As the term implied , data management is managing or controlling all hospital data and s , compiling , and storing them . Before , when we ask for data or s , someone would give us the hardcopy or the printout of whatever data or s we are asking . In a hospital environment , how many patients are being admitted and /or discharged everyday ? Imagine how tedious it is for the personnel in the hospital 's information to look for the pro (printout ) of recurring patients . Add to the tediousness the pro of new patients . And imagine how many stocks of are being stored in the hospital 's storage room . These stocks of occupy space in the hospital , when other valuable materials could have better occupy the space . Imagine a patient whose last transaction dated five years back , how long will it be to retrieve his or her data ? Thus electronic system was developed to solve this problem of storing organizing , and retrieving hardcopies of the patient 's information . The system was called electronic health record or EHR

Electronic health record system is being utilized in hospitals to further improve their service to their patients and to...