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Electronic Medical Records
EMR's
Electronic Medical Records
According to research literature it has been proven that technological innovation in regards to electronic patient records has improved communication the safety of patients. This has all been done without having to increase medical costs. EMR's assist in reducing preventable errors, controlling medical care costs, and improving communication amongst the health care facilities and providers. Any technological innovation is geared towards solving a specific need that is affecting a health care provider or the patients. Using technology allows a health care facility to improve on its quality of care to the patients. Technology has also ensured that patient information is readily available to the necessary people. Using EMR's a patient does not have to worry about their records not been available when they visit a health care facility. EMR's allow health care providers to have access to all the patient records including the patient's medical history. The EMR will store all the...
Using the EMR all the relevant patient information would be organized and presented to the clinician to assist in decision making.
Research has shown that technological innovation especially in EMR's has eliminated the loss of medical records Giaedi, 2008.
Since EMR's record, all the patient visits and clinical information, a patient would not have to undertake repeat lab tests or be admitted due to lack of a medical record. This reduces the medical costs to the patient and also improves on the care given to the patient. Access to a patient's medical information is improved as the information is shared by the different health care facilities. This ensures that a patient can visit any medical facility and their medical history would be accessed by the facility. Costs of travel are reduced as the patient is guaranteed that they can visit any health care facility closest to them…
References
Encinosa, W.E., & Bae, J. (2011). Health information technology and its effects on hospital costs, outcomes, and patient safety. Inquiry, 48(4), 288-303.
Giaedi, T. (2008). The Impact of Electronic Medical records on improvement of health care delivery. The Libyan journal of medicine, 3(1), 4.
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