A Basic Guide To Electronic Medical Records
2011-07-14 10:43:13
An electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital legal medical record created and used in an institution which provides medical care. Electronic medical records have been a part of health information systems which allows the institution to store, recover and manipulate patients records.
Antithesis with paper-based record:
Paper based records have been the standard for collating medical data for centuries and their continuous replacement by digital records have slowly gone underway for the past 20 years. However, EMR systems that have been brought about have been mainly used for administrative purposes compared to clinical application.
An insurmountable amount of storage space is required for paper based records compared to that of computerized or digital records.
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Antithesis with paper-based record:
Paper based records have been the standard for collating medical data for centuries and their continuous replacement by digital records have slowly gone underway for the past 20 years. However, EMR systems that have been brought about have been mainly used for administrative purposes compared to clinical application.
An insurmountable amount of storage space is required for paper based records compared to that of computerized or digital records.
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An electronic medical record, or EMR, is typically... [more]
