In: Nursing
Electronic Health Records are digitally maintained medical records of patient that allows easy and handy access to the healthcare team with increased clarity and broader details compared to other forms of patient records.
These have made the patient care easier as
a)These records encompass the complete history,diagnosis and treatment aspects of the patient.
b) Reduce the possible errors and also gives of an uninterrupted work environment to the healthcare team.
c) Increases the efficiency of the treatment regimen as an evidence based system can be adopted for the care.
d) These records can be shared to all the institutions that the patient is associated with like workplace, laboratories etc..
e) In this way an improved patient healthcare provide relations.
f)Increases the patient outcome, cost savings and coordinated care.
g) More reliable prescriptions are generated as the complete history is accessed