Electronic Health Record Maintaining Your Health

Summary:Electronic health record is a collection of records saved electronically for retrieving data whenever needed. What is an Electronic Health Record ? EHR or Electronic Health Record is a collection of health information saved electrically. It can contain health information of any individual or group of patients. It has made things easier and safer. In this all the information is recorded digitally which also helps in sharing data with other health care units. Data can be shared on different computers through any network and manipulation can also be done with this sharing. It has reduced the burden of manual recording. EHR consists of complete information of patients like his case history, range of data, laboratory tests, medication applied, radiology and other statistics. Electronic Health Record Reducing Burden This system is designed in such way that it can capture whole data of a patient every time. There is no need to scroll down to view medical history of any patient. The medical status can be viewed as an instance can be further implemented in medication. It also ensures the accuracy of the data. It has reduced redundancy as the updation is done on a single file. There is no chance of duplication and the data remains correct. Concurrent updation does not affect its security. Even there is no chance that any form or any paperwork will be lost. As all the data is saved in a single place then it becomes easier to retrieve data so as to implement further changes. Changes made by any department reflects on the data and information. Technical Features Technically Electronic Health Records have some useful feature. It also helps in exchanging health information. Some of the basic features are: • As the data is in digital format then it becomes easier to share and use it over other networks securely. • Prescriptions given and their outcomes are also recorded. • There are triggers and reminders are included in the EHR for warnings. • One can send the results, orders and reports. This can be useful in the case when the results of any test have to be retrieved from laboratories. At that time data can be send and results can be received. • Information exchanging is done to create social and technical frameworks. Different organizations can use this data for any purpose like as a study material. • It shows the whole statistics of the diseases and their cures. One can gain the medical status of any city, state or country.