| cl | | | | used, but those who had, considered it to be the |
| An Electronic health record or EHR refers to an | | | | most reliable source for storage and retrieval of |
| individual patient's medical record in digital format. | | | | individual records with computer aid. EHRs are |
| Electronic Health Records or EHR is an emerging | | | | usually accessed over a network on a computer. |
| technology . The question that is frequently asked | | | | It consists of electronic medical records (EMRs) |
| is, What does it do? How it works? How can it | | | | from remote locations, and those records are in |
| help in medical world? Basically EHR is a software | | | | different formats like patient demographics, |
| that manages the health records of the patients | | | | medical history, medicine and allergy lists (including |
| in an efficient way. EHR basically converts the | | | | immunization status), laboratory test results, |
| patientâs record in digital format. As it is | | | | radiology images, billing records and advanced |
| an emerging technology It is still not yet widely | | | | directives. |