Health Care

Health Care

Introduction

The health care industry in the contemporary world has seen lot of advancements. Due to such advancements, the health care organizations have been able to improve the quality of the service and care being provided to the patients. The technology has provided a great deal of assistance to the industry in this regard. With lots of advancements in the information technology, the health care organizations have been able to improve their overall processes thus saving their time and reducing the cost associated with providing the care service to the people.

This paper focuses on the record keeping tools being used by the health care organizations. It will provide an in-depth knowledge about the electronic health care records, electronic medical records, and the personal health records. Furthermore, a relationship among these three tools will be identified through the similarities and differences they possess with each other.

Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Electronic health care (EHRs) refer to the collection of health information of the patients through systematic approach and using the electronic means. The record is gathered and stored in the digital format, which has the capability of being shared across all the departments of the health care settings. The networks of each department are interconnected with each other through a shared network. The use of EHR helps in streamlining and automating the workflow of the health care givers (Garets & Davis, 2006).

The data includes the medical history of the patients, laboratory test results, personal information of the patients including their demographics, and also their billing information. The use of such tool allows the health care settings in supporting their health care activities. The availability of data through such means also improves the decision making process, thus improves the quality of the care services.

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)

Electronic medical records involve the computerized medical record ...