EHR: Electronic Health Records:

- Online comprehensive medical information of a person - Electronic Health Record = EHR; - EMR = Electronic Medical Record

- EHR = Electronic Health Record - digital version of patient chart, but a more inclusive snapshot of patient's medical history. Designed to be shared w/ other providers - EMR = Electronic Medical Record - single practice's digital version of a patient's chart - contains medical history, diagnoses and treatment by a particular physician, nurse practitioner, specialist, dentist or surgeon. - EMR is a narrower view of patient's medical history, while EHR is more comprehensive

- track data over time - timely reminders for patient screenings and preventative checkups - Improve patient care

- Formal training - Concern about patient acceptance - Speed - Interinstitutional Integration - Inadequate data exchange - Reliability

- Unmet display needs - Intended and unintended consequences of software modifications - Data exchange failures - Hidden dependencies w/in EHR

- Accurate, up-to-date, and complete info. about patients - Quick access to patient records for coordinated, efficient care - Safer, more reliable prescribing

- Cost to set-up and maintenance - Productivity - Delay in documentation - Lack of interoperability between info. technologies/ EHRs

Standardization?

Electronic Health Record

Electronic Medical Record

Personal Health Record - to maintain and manage their health information in private and secure environment

CDS = key functionality of health IT. - When applied effectively, it increases quality of care, enhances health outcome, helps to avoid errors and adverse events

- Improves efficiency, reduce costs, boosts provider and patient satisfaction

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