For a better medical care
of the patients, health care providers should have access to complete and
accurate medical information. A medical
record is a complete record of a patient's key clinical data and medical history.
The main reason for
maintaining medical records is to ensure continuity of care for the patient, as
well as patients’ safety. Adequate medical records enable you or somebody else
to reconstruct the essential parts of each patient contact without reference to
memory.
Why Electronic Medical Record?
Ensuring the integrity of
healthcare data is important as it is used to identify and track patients condition
from one level of care to another. If a medical record cannot be found, it may
cause large suffering for the patient, as well as the health care providers as
it contains information, which could be vital for their continuing care.
Electronic Medical Records are real-time, patient-centered records that make
information available instantly and securely to authorized users. It requires a careful analysis and decision
of the clinician along with the software personnel in designing, refining and
maintaining electronic medical record system.
Medical records can help the
patients better manage their care. Having important health information – such
as immunization records, lab results, and screening due dates – in electronic
form makes it easy for patients to update and share their records.
Electronic documentation
tools offer many features that are designed to increase both the quality and
the utility of clinical documentation, enhancing communication between all
healthcare providers. In addition, medical records are used in the management and planning of
health care facilities and services, for medical research, medical audit and
the production of health care statistics.
Advantages of EMR for the Medical Practice
Ø Easy to track patient data
over time.
Ø Make
the health information instantly accessible, reducing delays in treatment, and
patients well informed to make better decisions.
Ø Improve the quality of care,
patient outcomes, and safety through improved management and reduction in
medication errors.
Ø Replace paper-based medical
records which can be incomplete, fragmented (different parts in different
locations), hard to read and (sometimes) hard to find.
Ø Advanced
e-Prescribing and clinical documentation capabilities are possible.
Ø Reduced
operational costs such as transcription services and overtime labor expenses.
To adequately address our
patients' complex needs, we need good sources of information and good relationships,
including access to a multidisciplinary team of professionals and other
specialists. We need tools that improve access to information and
relationships. We have had to transform how we practice, and the EMR, with its
associated information technology, has facilitated that transformation.
Datamate Infosolutions is a software
development and services company specialized in the development of software
products in the Healthcare and Hospitality industries.
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