Importance and Challenges of Digital Health Record in Hospitals

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Introduction
In the existing period, hospitals use a digital health record technique and record the
confidential information of patients as it would be effective making the easier whole process
of Hospitals. Further, this essay critically evaluates the importance of digital health record
technique (DHR) in the hospitals. As well as, it discusses challenges that may be confronted
by hospitals or doctors at the time of using the digital health record. In my opinion,
sometimes, the digital health record could negatively impact on the performance of the
hospitals by observing incorrect data. I observed that incorrect data recording could make a
negative image of the healthcare organization among consumer’s mind.
Overview of Digital health record be implemented for all patients
In the current era, a large number of doctor and hospitals use digital health records for
removing their paperwork from the operation. It could support to make a reliable decision
with respect to the digital health record technique implementation. It is stated that some
hospitals unable to use digital health record technique for all patients due to the higher cost
and time as would negatively impact on their financial performance (Wachter, 2015). Hence,
it is mandatory for the health care organization to improve their knowledge with respect to
the application of the digital health records technique for all patients’ records as it would be
imperative for sustaining their position in the market.
But at the same time, it is also addressed that sometimes organization is failed to secure the
confidential information of their patient as it would lead to making negative image among the
patient’s mind (Li, Yu, Zheng, Ren, and Lou, 2013). Moreover, it is addressed that the digital
health records could lead to less manual work in their hospitals. At the same time, it is also
evaluated that some hospitals use both online as well as the manual process to record the data
of their patients.

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Benefits and barriers of digital health record
According to Fernández-Alemán, Señor, Lozoya, and Toval (2013), digital health record
could lead hospitals to record all the confidential information in softcopy rather than
hardcopy. Further, a healthcare organization could obtain many benefits from the application
of digital health records. Further, these advantages could be effective for many individuals
like healthcare managers, patients, and clinicians. It is also stated that each medical worker
may be liable for maintaining a record of patients. From the application of digital health
record, hospitals would be able to obtain higher benefits in the least time and cost.
Kellermann and Jones, (2013) argued that digital health record aid health organization to
collect the reliable information with respect to patient data like allergies found, drugs
administered, certain drugs, and efficiency of initial treatments. Consequently, healthcare
organization would be capable to make a reliable decision in the context of DHR.
Further, if an organization delivers the same services to their patients from long time and the
patient is unable to get quality services then they may complaints to supervisor towards the
services. Herein, the organization could imply the DHR for simply locating health record of
patients as compared to the physical data like files and enhance their satisfaction level. In
addition, it enables the organization to save a huge amount of data at the same place.
In support of this, DesRoches, et al. (2013) examined that digital health record enables to
collect technical information with respect to the health issues. Further, it is stated that the
digital health record facilitates health organization to understand the current health issues and
other development as it would be easily accessed by considering this technique. A specialist
and clinician would be capable to search documents of those consumers who are admitted in
the hospitals, without leaving their place and addressed the file cabinets, statistical manuals,
and journals by considering DHR.