Electronic Health Records: A Novel Strategy for Healthcare Improvement

Electronic
Health Records
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Introduction
•Electronic Health Records
(EHR) utilize information
technology for the
documentation of patient
information (Miotto et al.,
2016)
•The National eHealth Program
has been implemented by the
Ministry of Health (MOH) of
Saudi Arabia for the purpose of
improving deliverance and
efficacy in healthcare (Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia, 2012).

Healthcare Delivery
EHRs play key roles in
healthcare delivery by
(Bauchner, Berwick &
Fontanarosa, 2016):
•Providing accurate patient
information.
•Reducing time required for
information accessibility.
•Enhancing security of
information.
•Enabling accuracy in
diagnosis.

Effective Healthcare
EHRs increase the healthcare
effectiveness by (Erfannia,
Sadoughi & Sheikhtaheri,
2018):
•Enhancing hospital
departmental connectedness.
•Enhancing relaying of
information to all health
professionals .
•Providing cloud service for
improved accessibility.
•Enabling live monitoring of
emergency healthcare events.