Electronic Health Record
Electronic Health Record (EHR) 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.
Pronunciation
Electronic Health Record: /ɪˌlɛkˈtrɒnɪk hɛlθ rɪˈkɔːrd/
Etymology
The term "Electronic Health Record" is a combination of the words "electronic", which refers to something using, based on, or used in a system of operation that involves the control of electric current by various devices, "health", which refers to the state of being free from illness or injury, and "record", which refers to a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.
Related Terms
- Health Information Technology: The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry.
- Personal Health Record: An electronic application used by patients to maintain and manage their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment.
- Electronic Medical Record: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one healthcare organization.
- Health Information Exchange: The mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.
See Also
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- American Health Information Management Association
- Health Level Seven International
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