Benefits of Computer Based Medical Records
Computer based medical records or electronic medical records (EMR) have been gaining popularity in the recent times as with the growth of modern technologies in other industries. Similar with other new innovations there are resistances to changes by the users. However, with EMR this is not the case as compared to paper based health records in hospitals there are eight core benefits that they offer when they are implemented in accordance to HIPPA safety and privacy rules. The core benefits are:
Immediate remote access to patient data
Health officers can easily access patient data hence timely diagnosis and treatment. The privacy rule in HIPAA will ...
