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Electronic Health
Records Brief Introduction to What an EHR Is and
Benefits of Use
By: Christina Doughty
What Is An EHR? An Electronic Health Record (EHR) also known as an Electronic Medical record (EMR) is a digital collection of health information about a patient.
What Information Does an EHR Contain?
Patient's medical history
Diagnoses
Medications
Immunizations
Allergies
Radiology images and
reports
H&P
Lab results
Test results
Demographics
Progress notes
Contraindications /
drug interactions
Vital signs
Patient Benefits:Greater availability of health informationReduction of duplicate tests or potentially risky
testsDecreased delays in treatmentAccess to patient portals: patients have access
to their basic health information online This helps to keep patients well informed Better decision making for patients
Strengthening relationships with physicians
Benefits Of EHRs For Staff
Store and capture data securely, quickly, and more intuitively.
Multiple ways of data entry such as voice recognition, handwriting recognition, as well as point and click.
Multi-facility communication Allows for faster more effective patient
care Increased billing efficiency Reduce medical error as a result of more
accurate and clear record keepingThis will decrease coding errors and
sequentially increase reimbursement Alerts for allergies and dangerous drug
interactions- this helps to lower liability issues
Meets meaningful use requirements (paper does not)
EHRs make the clinician's duties more efficient all around
Benefits of EMR
Benefits Continued…
An EHR is comprised of many mechanisms that work together to capture, construct, share, maintain and store a patient’s complete health record accurately and more effectively than paper records
EHRs will make your life much easier with access at the click of a button; instead of rummaging though file after file just to find out that Jane in transcription had that file all along
EMR/EHRs Comic
Goal
The goal of implementing an EHR is to improve quality of care and efficiency by ensure that the processes, systems and technologies are available to you and your patients where and when they are needed; while maintaining the integrity of PHI with secure safeguards
The EndThank you
For more information
HHS Privacy, Security, and EHRs
Healthit.gov - Key Steps to Implementation