Electronic health record
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Electronic Health Record (EHR), pronounced /ɪˈlɛktrɒnɪk hɛlθ rɪˈkɔːrd/, is a digital version of a patient's paper chart. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.
Etymology
The term "Electronic Health Record" comes from the combination of the words "electronic", referring to an item or system that operates using electricity, "health", referring to the state of being free from illness or injury, and "record", referring to a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.
Definition
An EHR contains the medical and treatment histories of patients. In addition to standard medical data, and patient demographics, EHRs can include a range of data, comprehensive enough to provide a complete picture of a patient's health.
Related Terms
- Health Information Technology (HIT): The application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making.
- Personal Health Record (PHR): An electronic application used by patients to maintain and manage their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment.
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR): A digital version of the traditional paper-based medical record for an individual.
- Health Information Exchange (HIE): The mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.
See Also
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
- Health Level Seven International (HL7)
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Electronic health record
- Wikipedia's article - Electronic health record
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