The COVID-19 has placed huge challenges, like those experienced never before, on healthcare providers and EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems have to adapt to the changing requirements for patient care. Though EHR systems have many benefits and have made processes...
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Alarming Cases of Health Data Breach: EHR Systems Fall Easy Prey to Cybercriminals
Health data breach is a dreaded concern for all entities handling healthcare data of patients, whether in the medical, legal, insurance or other sectors. Healthcare documentation is often required...
Finding Valuable Evidence in Electronic Medical Records
Electronic health records and the information they contain are invaluable in medical malpractice cases. However, there are certain aspects of EHRs that make it difficult for an attorney to figure...
EMRs May Help Speed up and Streamline Disability Claims Processing
The delay in reviewing social security disability cases is a great concern for people waiting to obtain their disability compensation so that they can pay for basic needs. However, this recent news...
EMR Systems – From the Vantage Point of Medical Record Sharing and Medical Review
Electronic medical records were introduced primarily to reduce administrative burdens and cut costs and at the same time reduce medical errors and improve the quality of care. Healthcare providers...
EHR Vulnerabilities – the Need for a Foolproof System
This is the era of electronic health records that are being increasingly adopted taking into consideration their ease of use and capability to ensure superior care co-ordination. For purposes such...
The Medical Malpractice Risk Posed by Electronic Health Records
Incorrect use of EHRs can prove costly to healthcare providers, and so this is something providers have to be very wary about. Medical records are distinctive pieces of evidence in medical...
Efficient EHRs and Healthcare Networks – Still a Distant Dream?
Networking possibility offered by electronic medical records is regarded as one of their greatest plus points, but this possibility still remains a distant dream largely on account of the flaws...
The Widening Network of Electronic Medical Records
Electronic medical records are being implemented in doctors' offices and hospitals, primarily with a view to sharing them among providers and various venues. This is expected to improve healthcare...
Exchangeable and Fully Functional EHRs – A Firm Stride Towards Improved Care Provision
Digital technology has dramatically transformed the world we live in and the way we communicate. Tablets, smartphones and web-enabled devices rule the world today, and are proving to be especially...
Electronic Health Records and the Incompatibility Question
Are doctors being turned into clerks with electronic health record implementation? While physicians agree on the good points of EHRs, many of them feel that their documentation burden is...