Another benefit is EHR will reduce unnecessary tests and procedures. Many of us may had to repeat a test because the original test was not available to your doctor. These test may have been uncomfortable, painful, and cost a lot of money. Now with EHR, all your providers will have access to your test results, reducing the potential for repeated tests (“HealthIt.Gov”, 2013). A very excellent benefit is EHR can be a protection. “EHR helps your doctors coordinate care and protects your safety” (“HealthIt.Gov”, 2013). For example, if you go to the emergency department for a broken ankle, and ER doctors gives you a pain medicine that you have a bad reaction to. The ER doctor will put this information in your EHR. So when you see the orthopedic specialist, he will see that you had a reaction to a certain pain medication and will prescribe something different. This protects you from not having another bad reaction to medication and it helps the doctors in wasting time with prescribing wrong
Another benefit is EHR will reduce unnecessary tests and procedures. Many of us may had to repeat a test because the original test was not available to your doctor. These test may have been uncomfortable, painful, and cost a lot of money. Now with EHR, all your providers will have access to your test results, reducing the potential for repeated tests (“HealthIt.Gov”, 2013). A very excellent benefit is EHR can be a protection. “EHR helps your doctors coordinate care and protects your safety” (“HealthIt.Gov”, 2013). For example, if you go to the emergency department for a broken ankle, and ER doctors gives you a pain medicine that you have a bad reaction to. The ER doctor will put this information in your EHR. So when you see the orthopedic specialist, he will see that you had a reaction to a certain pain medication and will prescribe something different. This protects you from not having another bad reaction to medication and it helps the doctors in wasting time with prescribing wrong