Friday, 30 May 2014

Electronic Heath Records


Electronic Health Records are software systems used to keep track of the medical history or such medical reports specifically designed to be used by the health care employees as in hospitals or clinics. An electronic health record (EHR) is a systematic and accurate collection of electronic health information about an individual patient or population in large. It is a record in digital format that can be shared theoretically across different health care settings and medical units across the country. It may include a diverse range of several data medical history, personal statistics like age and weight, medication and allergies, laboratory test results, radiology images, immunization status, vital signs and billing information. The system is very efficiently designed to be able to give accurate and all necessary medical information or represent data that can communicate the state of the health of a particular patient at any given time.

 Electronic Heath Records provides accurate, reliable, legible and appropriate data for ensuing proper treatment or diagnosis of the patient. It is efficient as the entire medical history can be showed by it instantly without the need to get burdened with loads of previous medical reports of the patient. It helps to organize everything in a sophisticated and organized manner efficiently. Ever single bit of necessary medical information is stored or saved carefully in a single modifiable file only. Modifiable suggests it can be corrected or rather updated as and when any significant changes can be witness in the condition of the patient. It is followed and will get followed even more in future due to its conveniences.

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