Can you imagine using your computer at home to log in to your health care service provider’s website to discover the result of tests done yesterday?
No more waiting for days until someone calls from the office to inform you of the results, or perhaps to make an appointment for you so that the health care provider can explain the results. If an appointment is needed you can make it online.
This is what EHRs can do for you.
The health, illness, and treatment histories of patients both in primary care and hospitals has long been documented and stored on paper.
Technology now allows health records to be entered and stored on computer and saved in a central database (or maybe two databases). For the full article click here
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