Assignment on Electronic Record-Keeping in Healthcare

Electronic
Record-Keeping
in Healthcare
Name of the Student
Name of the University

Electronic Health Record (EHR)
 A digital version of the paper chart of a
patient
 They offer patient-centered and real-time
records (Premarathne et al., 2016)
 Allows a detailed history of medical results
for a patient
 Provides access to a streamlined and
automated workflow (Henry et al., 2016)

Objective of the Presentation Idea
The objective of the presentation would be focused
upon:
 Presenting differentiation between EHR, EMR and
PHR
 Differentiating between AIS and CIS
 Use of Cerner and Epic systems
 Strength and weaknesses of Cerner and Epic
systems

Differentiation between EHR, EMR and PHR systems
The ideas based on differentiation between EHR,
EMR and PHR systems are presented below:
EHR – They provide clinical data, which are
collected apart from clinical data.
Information is collected from all clinicians involved
within patient care (Charles, Gabriel & Searcy,
2015).
EHR supports the sharing of information with
various health care suppliers.

Differentiation between EHR, EMR and PHR systems
EMR – The discussion of EMR helps in supporting the
following aspects:
These are digital versions of supported paper charts
found in offices, hospitals and clinics.
The EMR comprises of notes collected in favor of
clinicians for treatment and diagnosis.
They help healthcare providers for tracking data over
time, monitoring patients and improving quality of
service (Hasanain, Vallmuur & Clark, 2015)