Electronic health records (EHR) is a collection of electronic records of health information for individual patients. Furthermore, these data can be electronically be transfered between doctors, patients, and others users throught a network connection. These records are often shared within an institution - in other words, within a single hospital. In other rare cases, the information can be transfered between one institution to another wiht a particluar special reason - for example, when a patients transfers the hosptial. These records may consist of the patient's personal background, medical history, medication, allergies, and any other relevant information. Because the data is electronically recorded, the information of the patient is clearly organized.
This video talks about how electronic health records are beneficial to the doctors as well as the patients:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQJwTnCAASo
This article talks about how electronic health records is organzied:
http://www.ihs.gov/cio/ehr/
IT system used
- Internet connecton: Files can be transfered through network
- Wireless
Advantages
- The data can be easily stored, organzied, filtered, and found, efficient.
- Because the data is electronic, there is less chance of loosing it phisically.
- There is no need for space to store phiscially
- Saves paper
- The information can be transfer through the Internet so the patients can see their information at home and doctors can easily transfer information, especially when the dotor changes.
- The patient and the doctor can view their history and this is important in some situations such as periodic medical checks.
- Globalization and cultural diversity: Because the data can be transfered through the Internet, the patient's record can be viewed by many doctors even overseas.
- Equality of access: May people can access their own medical records if they have an Internet connection and if the doctor permits this.
Disadvantages and issues
- Privacy of data: Because this consists of personal information, they must be kept private.
- Security of data: There must be good security because the data consists of personal information which may lead to privacy issues.
- Integrity of data: Hackeers or any other users may change the data of the record which may lead to disasterous situation especially because these are regarding to human health.
- Authenticity of data: The data of the record must correspond to the actual patient.
Bibliography
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1887658,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record
http://www.iqpc.com/Event.aspx?id=211584
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