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Electronic Health Record (EHR)

   

Added on  2020-03-15

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Running head: HEALTH INFORMATICS HEALTH INFORMATICSName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1HEALTH INFORMATICSElectronic Health Record (EHR) or Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a digital storageformat for all the patient’s health informations. Data or informations are collected systematicallyand stored in digital format (Ventola, 2014). Therefore, it is easier to share one patient’s healthinformation across the healthcare settings of that area. The EHR records are generally shared bythe means of internet connected and enterprise wide tele-information systems. An EHRcomprises of a diverse range of data such as the demographic data of the patient, his medicalhistory, and data about any preexisting allergies, immunization status, lab test results, vital signs,radiology images, and the personal statistics of the patient as well. It has been a revolutionaryaddition to the health care system which helps in accurate storage of health care data andeliminates the wastage of time that the physicians or health care professional have to invest whiletracking down the data for the patient (Ventola, 2014). There are mainly two commercial EMR system available in Canada. The first one inOSCAR EMR system and the other one is QHR system. The OSCAR is a group or suite ofelectronic applications that includes applications for the healthcare system, patients, druggist,self-check in utility for patients to be used in medical offices and many more. Whereas, the QHRaccuro is a group or suite of software to provide system based medical records to care centers,hospitals, specialists for health information exchange, billing details as well as patientscheduling. Accuro software is also available in accuro mobile and accuro patient KIOSK suitesfor the convenience of the patients. The OSCAR McMaster software has ISO certification as well as the Infoway “J” classcertification that demonstrates its quality and deliverable capacities. OSCAR can run in thehighest Health Level 7 (HL7) and thus can transfer data across the nation. It has an excellentconnection with different authorities so that the labs using this suite can easily download the
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