Electronic Health Record Assignment 2022

Running head: ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
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ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
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Benefit of EMR
Electronic health record is the official health record of the persons which are used by the
health care professional to assess the medical history and current health status of the person. The
benefits of EMR are outline as follows:
 Prevention of medical error
 Quality of care can be improved
 Reducing in cost of health care
 Facilitate the clinical staffs to access the data of patient at any time and location
(Carroll, Eyler & Denny, 2015).
Ways the benefit can be estimated:
 By measuring the cost incurred in lab test and drug use
 Observing the time saved by nurse in each shifts
 Measuring the cost of transcriptions (Miotto et al., 2016).
 Measuring the operational and financial capabilities
 Observing the time period of communication with patient and health care
professional.