Electronic Health Records System: Dualistic Viewpoints

Running head: SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 1
Safety in Health and Social Care
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SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 2
Safety in Health and Social Care
The invention or design of Electronic Medical Records has significantly changed the
manner in which the traditional medical record keeping was housed, maintained as well as
managed. Electronic health records system refers to a digitized system which stores individuals’
health care data with the purpose or drive of ensuring confidentiality and supporting research,
education, and continuity of health care (Bowton et al., 2014). There has been a heated debate
over the significance of electronic health records system, with some medical professionals
supporting its functions while others are highlighting some of its demerits, therefore, considering
it ineffective for service delivery. As such, this paper endeavors to critically analyze the dualistic
viewpoints or perspectives and draw a conclusion.
Many healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors, and physicians agree that the
standardization of enterprise-wide system such as CERNER and EPIC across an organization is
proper in ensuring continuity of service delivery. They contend that the systems’ standardization
enables clinical interoperability which is the ability of transferring patients amidst different care
teams and offer integrated care provision. According to Middleton et al. (2013), the systems’
standardization permits data continuity for nurses, doctors, and physicians to serve patients’
wants and needs. It allows for patient-centred care, easy accessibility of patients’ information,
and easy sharing of patients’ information across the board. In the same vein, the enterprise-wide
system such as CERNER and EPIC standardization is important for patients’ information
retrieval.
Similarly, according to King et al. (2014), the standardization of the system allows non-
redundant of patients’ data, therefore, contributing towards efficacy and better quality of health
care delivery. It also allows for improvements of satisfaction in work and efficiency, and in the