Electronic Health Records The state of today's technology has transformed many of the methods and systems society uses to live and interact with one another. In the medical community, technology has also become a much larger part of how healing and the healing processes are carried out by health care professionals on a day-to-day basis. The purpose of this essay is to discuss how one piece of technology as represented by Electronic Health Records, has changed and modified the delivery of health care. To help understand this argument, this subject will be approached from the aspect of society's beliefs and values and how this affected this evolution of practical medicine.

Growth Of Technology

The ability to compress data in small, electronic packages has changed the world in many ways. Electronic health records (HER) have manifested in the medical community because of this technology that allows the compression of data into simply transferable packages that can be rapidly stored, altered and communicated in relatively short times across the globe. To understand how these changes have taken place, it is necessary to understand how EHRs provide assistance to medical professionals.

EHRs are intended to reduce administrative time resources that require the need to retrieve and examine medical information contained in these records. Computerized systems in general are useful when trained and knowledgeable people can manipulate these systems to their fullest advantage. This time...

They premised their research on the idea that The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 encouraged the professional utilization of EHRs allowing for the analysis of their usage. The article eventually concluded that there were both significant pros and cons to this policy and that EHRs when applied in the proper methods can have significant benefits to a health care facility or system. They wrote "Nationwide implementation of EHRs is a necessary, although not sufficient, part in transforming the U.S. health care system for the better. EHR adoption must be considered one of many approaches that diversify our focus on quality improvement and cost reduction. The current major legislative and political support for EHRs represents the greatest investment in health information technologies in U.S. history. Over time, providers and researchers will be eager to quantify the returns that are expected from these investments."
Privacy Concerns

The doctor-patient relationship is based on trust and professionalism. The need for secrecy and privacy in medical treatment is necessary in order for the patient to feel comfortable and heal…