A patient's vital medical information is scattered across
medical records kept by many different caregivers in many
different locations – and all of the patient’s medical
information is often unavailable at the time of care.
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Physicians do not always have the best information to select the
best treatments for their patients, resulting in an unacceptable
lag time before new scientific advances are used in patient
care. They also do not have complete information about their
patients, do not know how other doctors are treating their same
patients, or how other health care providers treat patients with
the same condition. Enter the Electronic Health Record or
EHR.
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic
record of patient health information generated by one or more
encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this
information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems,
medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations,
laboratory data and radiology reports. (HIMSS 2007) Let
D-Innovators guide your empower your systems with the EHR.
EHRs can provide the following benefits to the healthcare
organization:
Improve Health Care Quality
Prevent Medical Errors
Reduce Health Care Costs
Increase Administrative Efficiencies
Strengthen Patient Privacy and Data Protection
Accelerate the Diffusion of
Knowledge
Patient Health Records (PHR)
A Personal Health Record or PHR is medical information in
possession of an individual patient or patient's
non-professional caregiver. The list below contains the
information that the ASTM International E2369-05, standard
specification for Continuity of Care Record (CCR), currently
designates as being contained in an individuals PHR.
Personal and demographic information
Emergency contacts
Insurance information
Problem lists
Medications/allergies
Immunizations
Labs and tests
Hospitalizations/surgeries
Advanced directive form
Spiritual affiliation/considerations
The inclusion of the capability to generate PHR from Healthcare
systems and making this information readily available to the
patient can provides secure, real-time, patient-centric
information to aid clinical decision-making by providing access
to a patient's health information at the point of care.
Contact D-Innovators to discuss the the effective deployment of
PHR or EHR technologies into your organizations healthcare
solutions.