Benefits of EHR
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One of the great values of having EHR is accessing a patient’s medical history during the most critical time when it is needed like emergency visits. An example from one of the videos talked about situations when your own child is at camp away from home and is sent to an emergency and the child’s medical records are easily accessed. When it comes to family emergency situations, EHR is very valuable to have.
Of course paperless is another value of EHR because family members with long term health conditions are able to retrieve and deliver medical records more secured and convenient through
secured websites and external storages. EHR gives patients more of a stress free visit to the doctors by not having to carry around immunization cards, allergy lists, and medication lists that doctors used to ask for every time you visit a doctor. These benefits are priceless when you are able to utilize information to improve the quality of health services that are being provided. The convenience is worth paying for especially when it comes to health care. There are a lot of values in EHR like storing data in one location and accessing it anywhere and not having to redo labs because of lost lab results. Services such as x-rays, labs and allergy tests are redone because of lost test results. EHR saves money on repeated services and the way patients are serviced because of the convenience of having e-prescriptions and medical records on available at anytime. Best practice uses of EHR including eliminating duplicate records and working with the employees and EHR experts to make workflows more efficient after implementation.
Care coordination is important when it refers to how EHR can help improve health care visits. EHR helps departments communicate whether in ambulatory or home care settings. The quality of health care depends on
the medical practice and the technology that supports it. EHR is deemed meaningful use by how it serves its purpose in an ambulatory setting when it is truly needed. To improve care coordination hospitals must be able to make health
records easily accessible during the critical moments like emergency visits as well as moving from one doctor to the next. Giving patients the choice of doctors without having to worry about transferring accurate records serves as a valuable outcome for patients who receive health care. The importance of EHR relies on the improved quality of service provided because of it. EHR systems do not only save lives in emergency and ambulatory visits but also provides convenience and quality for patients. echnology improves communication and decision making in the patient and doctor relationship. Decision making is crucial when it comes to having the patient's medical conditions and
history during emergencies.