Manuscript Number : CSEIT1723316
Need for Electronic Health Record : A Review
Authors(2) :-Dr. Jitendranath Mungara, Chaitra Rao Electronic Health Records are digitalized, real-time, patient-centric records which is becoming the central source of information in the healthcare industry. The need for EHRs to replace paper-based entry and storage of patient data is high. Most developed countries have realized the need to switch to EHRs. India being one of the developing countries has not fully considered the idea of EHRs and is still contemplating on it. 5.2 million medical errors occur in India annually. A major reason for this could be due to lack of interoperability between facilities and absence of patient health record history. Often, personal health data is stored in multiple clinical institutions and in non-sharable formats. To provide effective, meaningful and continuity of care, patient health data must be centrally available and comprehensive. This can be achieved by adopting standardized electronic health record formats as defined in HL7 framework.
Dr. Jitendranath Mungara EHR, healthcare, medical errors, interoperability, health record history, comprehensive, HL7 Publication Details Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 3 | May-June 2017 Article Preview
ISE Department, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chaitra Rao
ISE Department, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Date of Publication : 2017-06-30
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 887-890
Manuscript Number : CSEIT1723316
Publisher : Technoscience Academy