EHR: The Cover-All Solution to Health Record Storage and
Maintenance Like electronic medical records (EMR), emergency
health records (EHR) are becoming very popular throughout the
medical world. With similar advantages, these digital solutions
in healthcare have brought about changes to operations,
efficiency, and the way important patient data is handled.
Though these two systems are related, EHR plays a more advanced
role in the storing, sharing, and organizing of patient
information over a variety of networks. Instead of focusing on
information within a certain practice specifically under the
supervision of a specialist – like history of illness, records
on surgeries and medications – EHR also focuses on medical
information outside of a particular hospital or practice, and
offers a comprehensive patient record that spans the history of
treatments and diagnoses. With EHR, patients have the ability to
share their medical information with all of the physicians and
specialists that they deal with over a lifeti