Question

What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records and manual records. Create a table that outlines the advantages and disadvantages of both. Identify a minimum of three advantages and disadvantages of each. (20 points)

Answer 1

The electronic health record (EHR) is a computerized record that contains patient medical history and may include other administrative data related to the patient.

EHR is simply a digital version of manual health records.

	Advantages	Disadvantages
Electronic health record	1. EHR enables quick access to patient data in a coordinated way. 2. EHR helps in Secure sharing of patient health information between healthcare providers and hospitals. 3. EHR reduces transcription error and other medical errors of health information which increases safety in Patient care. 4. It reduces cost as well as time by decreasing paperwork.	1. Implementing EHR is not possible everywhere because of implementation, adaptation, and maintenance costs. 2. EHR is not user convenient among all users because it required education and training to use. 3. In EHR there is always a risk of security threat and privacy violation due to increase exchange of health information.
Manual records	1. It is very easy to use because it does not require any special skills. 2. Manual records require a very low implementation cost. 3. It has great advantages to record patient information in an emergency condition.	1. It requires a lot of physical space to store records. 2. The risk of Information loss is high in Manual health records. 3. It increases the risk of transcription errors and other medical errors. 4. Manual records are time-consuming and very hard to customize.