Pros And Cons Of Ehr

I would like to present to you my research of the pros and cons/effectiveness and efficiency of EHR/EMRS replace paper records and the way we store information and review charts. My research also includes how these programs work and their effect on the economy
Health Informatics or Medical Informatics is the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care. Health Informatics offers resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine (Davis & Garets, 2006). The applicable areas would be nursing, clinical care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, and bio medical research.
Everyone can agree that the medical field has many important
Some of the pro’s include : Decreased charting/prescribing errors, improved work-flow and productivity because of better systems and tools, immediate access to results, charts, and radiology pictures. By doing away with paper charting and record keeping you provide more space because you are no longer cluttering up space with those dusty records.
Some of the potential problems with quality of care and information systems implementation are increased cost that may take time to level itself out, having systems from different vendors that do not communicate with each other and thus not fostering interoperability or ease of care. As with all things there are risk involve but to reduce or completely eliminate risk we have to explore all possible ways to mitigate those factors that would possibly be more harmful than helpful with the implementation of
There is a growing mandate for health care organizations to implement EHR systems to address patient safety and quality of care (Morrissey, 2006). There is some evidence that computerized medical records systems can improve health care delivery but there is little research to directly link EHRs to patient care outcomes other than through proxy measures. However, with federal dollars supporting many initiatives to automate medical offices, an infrastructure could be built that would provide the foundation for future research in this area.

For a successful transition of implementing an electronic medical record system, the computing service must be reliable, accessible, and have high-speed internet. Clinicians must integrate EMR systems into their workflow, and know how to function when the system is unavailable. Disruptions in workflow or information transfer can jeopardize patient safety. “Many situations exist where the use of eCommerce principles would be appropriate to establish new eHealth solutions, and these warrant extensive research investigation” (Morrissey, 2006). There are several articles cited in the Guest Editors’ Introduction: EHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare article that address issues such as the business process modeling within healthcare, its requirements and the