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A Behavioral Health Collision At The EHR Intersection
2014-09-30    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Date/Time Date(s) - 09/30/2014 2:00 pm Hear Why Many Organizations Are Changing EHRs In Order To Remain Competitive In The New Value-Based Health Care Environment [...]
Meaningful Use and The Rise of the Portals
2014-10-02    
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Meaningful Use and The Rise of the Portals: Best Practices in Patient Engagement Thu, Oct 2, 2014 10:30 PM - 11:15 PM IST Join Meaningful [...]
Adva Med 2014 The MedTech Conference
2014-10-06    
All Day
Adva Med 2014 The MedTech Conference October 6-8, 2014 McCormick Place Chicago, IL For more information, visit, advamed2014.com For Registration details, click here  
Public Health Measures Meaningful Use
2014-10-09    
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Public Health Measures Meaningful Use: Reporting on Public Health Measures Join Meaningful Use expert Jim Tate for a three part series of webinars addressing MU [...]
2014 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. Conference
2014-10-13    
All Day
Join us at our 2014 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. Conference and experience the following: Up to 125 Hospital & Healthcare I.T. executives from America’s most prestigious [...]
Connected Health Care 2014
Key Trends That will be Discussed at the Conference! Connected Healthcare 2014 is set to explore the crucial topics that are revolutionizing the connected health industry: [...]
HealthTech Conference
2014-10-14    
All Day
HealthTech Capital is a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new "HealthTech" start ups at the intersection of healthcare with the computer [...]
Health Informatics & Technology Conference (HITC-2014)
2014-10-20    
All Day
Information technology has ability to improve the quality, productivity and safety of health care mangement. However, relatively very few health care providers have adopted IT. [...]
HIMSS Amsterdam 2014
2014-10-20    
12:00 am
About HIMSS Amsterdam 2014 This year, the second annual HIMSS Amsterdam event will be taking place on 6-7 November 2014 at the Hotel Okura. The [...]
Patient Portal Functionality and EMR Integration Demonstration
2014-10-22    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This purpose of this webcast is to present a demonstration to show how the Patient Portal integrates with EMR, as well as discuss how this [...]
Connected Health Symposium 2014
Symposium 2014 - Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings Collaborating with industry visionaries, clinical experts, patient advocates and [...]
CHIME College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
2014-10-28 - 2014-10-31    
All Day
The Premier Event for Healthcare CIOs Hotel Accomodations JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country 23808 Resort Parkway San Antonio, Texas 78761 Telephone: 210-276-2500 Guest Fax: [...]
The Myth of the Paperless EMR
2014-10-29    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Is Paper Eluding Your Current Technologies; The Myth of the Paperless EMR Please join Intellect Resources as we present Is Paper Eluding Your Current Technologies; The Myth [...]
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May 12: Efficient Medical Care By Using Electronic Health Records

efficient medical care

Today, where everything calls for up-to-date information, it is vital that information could be used very easily with very little problems. Information becomes more and more important and it’s available to way more persons than ever before. New technologies have advanced just about every facet of how we live. Of course, this is in particular essential in the field of medicine and medical care: Electronic health records are making many things less complicated. With EHRs, the medical industry experiences big improvements in numerous aspects.

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Effectiveness Of Electronic Health Records

Greater efficiency is among the greatest benefits of EHRs. Those types of health records ensure that patient details are more reliable. It also will allow patient information to be sent from one medical professional to a different one with more efficiency.

Sharing Of The Patient’s Medical History

What has likewise increased is without question patient safety due to the ease of spreading information. If all of your medical information is kept electronically, it may be shared quite easily among most medical experts. For instance, if you’re away, out and about, in case you end up ill or hurt the doctor you visit can quickly obtain your complete medical data from your home doctor. This will enable the other medical professional help make an educated prognosis, to make sure you receive significantly better care. This is especially useful in a situation in which you can not speak for yourself.

Additional Safety Benefits of Electronic Health Records

The effective sharing of patient data is not the sole thing that makes EHRs a safer way of maintaining patient records. In past times, the process medical doctors utilized to get your health background was to interview you. In case you didn’t remember to inform your new doctor of a specific piece of information or maybe you described a problem in the incorrect fashion it could actually have harmful effects on the health. With the help of EHRs, in case you switch medical doctors, a new physician can receive your full health background accurately. In order to get your medical data all your new medical doctor will require is the name, birthday, name of your last doctor, and perhaps one piece of ID.

They Are Maintained In A Central Location

One more of many great things about electronic health records is they are residing in a central location. This allows for just about any authorized doctor, all over the world to get access to your medical information. It is a big benefit in an emergency situation. If you are ever involved in an emergency such as a natural disaster, tornado, or anything the like you will appreciate the fact that your health related records are easily accessible. It works like that that if you visit a doctor, whether it is your family doctor or some other health practitioner, they add more specifics to your EHR records. Another point where EHRs help considerably is that it is now very easy for the medical doctor to see your medical history.

More cost effective

Such health records are likewise playing a major part in reducing costs and expenses. Electronic health records therefore are not simply more effective, but also more economical. These financial savings will be seen in a multitude of locations. You’ll see financial savings no matter whether EHRs will be utilized in major clinics or small doctor’s offices. All of this adds up to savings for the patient on top of that. Because medical costs are lowered, many people will be able to visit their health practitioner more often.

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