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    HISTORY OVERVIEW The importance of medical records in health care delivery has been recognized for a long time. Its revelance to patient care and health administration was documented by Florence Nightingale in 1873 a book entitled Notes on a Hospital. Ideally the medical record should be the primary repository of all information regarding patient care‚ provide decision-support‚ and be a tool for support and maintaining ancillary health care activities such as administration‚ quality assurance‚ research

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    Information Technology Electronic Medical Records By Candace Sanchez University of Phoenix Just like standard methods of record keeping‚ moving patient’s records from paper and physical filing systems to computers and their super storage capabilities creates great efficiencies for patients and their providers‚ as well as health payment systems. Electronic medical records are the “new age” in storing medical records. An electronic medical record is a digital record kept by your doctor’s

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    human error is also unavoidable. When these two unavoidable factors come together in a medical institution where salvation is expected‚ the result is tragedy. Needlessly‚ thousands of lives have been lost due to simple human mistakes in the very place where the best chance of saving those lives could be found. Despite the expense and hurdles of implementation‚ the establishment of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) infrastructure is an essential key to saving lives and money over the long term.

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    the way health care is provided to people. From as old as the X-Ray machines to robotic surgery‚ medical practices had been continuously fused with modern technologies to introduce new medical tools and equipments for the proliferation of modern medicine. Popular equipment which was invented to mitigate or to completely eliminate medical errors caused by wrong medical records is the EMR or the electronic medical records. EMR‚ or Electronic Medical Record‚ is a computerized medical record which is

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    ELECTONIC MEDICAL RECORDS Katie Percival Northeast Technical Institute February 15‚ 2013 Principles of Health Information Many doctors and hospitals are now using electronic medical records systems. Slowly‚ old files with long background histories are being uploaded via electronic means. At the same time‚ technology has made it possible to keep these files safe from damages or being lost. Computer programs designed for backup have become available. More and more features are being added to

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    time when patients had to check out their medical records before seeing their doctor or dentist. They would also have to return the medical records before leaving the clinics or hospital. Now patients are able to skip those steps because of electronic medical records. But what exactly are manual medical records and electronic records? According to Merriam-Webster‚ medical records are a record of a patient ’s medical information (as medical history‚ care or treatments received‚ test results‚ diagnoses

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    Electronic Health Records: Are They Worth the Risk? October 18‚ 2009 Health care is a hot topic in today’s society- everything from reforming the industry so that people are not denied health coverage to finding ways that patients’ medical records can be accessed electronically for more convenience. Moreover‚ epidemics such as HIV/AIDS spotlights the issues surrounding public health agencies use of maintenance and storage of electronic health records (EHR). Myers‚ Frieden‚ Bherwani‚

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    Electronic Medical Records Electronic medical records are believed to be the way of the future.  Hospitals and other healthcare settings are increasingly turning to electronic records over traditional paper records.  However‚ many still have not made the leap and continue to use paper instead of electronic.  Healthcare practices must weigh the pros and cons before deciding which records management system to use. An electronic health record (EHR) is a representation of all a patients’ data; know

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    Electronic Medical Records In this article the author explains patients’ records at healthcare facilities may now be stored using electronic medical records (EMR) instead of the paper charts that have been used in the past. EMRs have several disadvantages and advantages. One of the biggest disadvantages to EMRs is the high initial start-up cost. The healthcare facilities have to buy the equipment to begin the process. They also have to hire people to convert their current files from paper copies

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    Electronic Medical Records Essay Cynthia Jones Grand Canyon University: HCA 450 November 11‚ 2012 Electronic Medical Records Essay Medical record keeping has change in the last couple of decades. In the past patients records were kept in a file on paper taking up excessive room. In the past‚ paper charts were the only means of keeping a patient’s medical diagnoses documented. Some of these charts are still used today in healthcare facilities‚ however they are slowly being replaced with

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