Medical Records in the 21st Century

Paper Summary:

The idea of storing patients' information in electronic form, popularly known as "electronic medical records" (EMR), became a very popular issue in the 1990s. This is because converting patients' medical records into electronic form has many implications. The paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of EMR.

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Abstract
Introduction
Purpose of Medical Records
Advantages of Electronic Medical Records(EMR)
Privacy Considerations Vis-a-Vis EMR
Conclusions
References

From the Paper:

"The medical record also serves as a basis for planning patient care, documenting communication between the health care provider and any other health professional contributing to the patient's care, assisting in protecting the legal interest of the patient and the health care providers responsible for the patient's care, and documenting the care and services provided to the patient. In addition, the medical record may serve as a document to educate medical students/resident physicians, to provide data for internal hospital auditing and quality assurance, and to provide data for medical research. Personal health records combine many of the above features with portability, thus allowing a patient to share medical records across providers and health care systems(Wikipedia, 2006)."

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