What is the Role of EHR Documentation in Patient Safety and Quality of Care?
EHR implementation is not just about digitalization of paper charts. The EHR is designed to enable healthcare providers to deliver quality care to patients while maintaining their safety. The EHR includes comprehensive information regarding patient care such as demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital
Study: Electronic Health Records and Scribes can Improve Workflow in Allergy Practices
The electronic health record (EHR) offers many advantages and have made documentation and provision of care easier for healthcare providers. As of 2021, nearly 4 in 5 office-based physicians (78%) and nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals (96%) had implemented a certified EHR, according
How to Reduce Risk of Errors in Electronic Medical Records
Though healthcare professionals strive to prevent documentation mistakes, errors can occur. It’s important that remedial action is taken when mistakes are identified. According to a research published in the Journal of Patient Safety, medication and diagnostic errors account for 90% of EHR errors. Using
Advantages of Using EHR Data for Clinical Research
Data collection and management in clinical research involves gathering variables pertinent to the research hypotheses and using it to generate high-quality, reliable, and statistically sound results from clinical trials. Clinical researchers collect both primary data from surveys and interviews and secondary data from paper records
Modules of a Good Electronic Health Record
Digital technologies are transforming the way the world operates. Electronic health records (EHRs) have all but replaced paper records in modern healthcare organizations, and revolutionized the way patient data is collected, stored, managed and exchanged. Most providers outsource medical transcription to input the medical
