Electronic Medical Record.

Does it make life easier?

What is EMR?

EMR : is

Electronic Medical Record

Electronic means

…. digital…

as soft copy …

you can see on computer screens

Medical......related to health care

Record :

History of the EMR :

1. Paper based

2. Simple computer based records (spreadsheets)

3. EMR (Management systems)

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Diagram

Devices needed

Hardware

Software needed

Databases Web browser Networks

Advantages and capabilities

Immediate access to patient medical information Helps in result management The ability to enter and store orders for prescriptions, tests and other

services in a computer based system Easy to store and takes up less space than paper records Are efficient, secure, and readily accessible to the staff and patients. Allows the patient to access their medial information easily and even

from homes. Includes scheduling systems that would greatly improve hospitals and

clinics and provide more timely serviced patients.

Disadvantages

It is easy to hack into Using EMRs leads to technical difficulties Financial matters might arise while using EMRs Users need to be trained to use EMR especially incase of changes in

the system and work practices. You Tube - Hospital Electronic Medical Records Go Bad.avi

Social and Ethical issues

Integrity Reliability Security Privacy Equality of access People and machines Authenticity?