Best EMR and EHR Implementation

According to the current news about 25 percent of U.S physicians are using systems that facilitate electronic health records .As EMR systems gain momentum due to private and public pressures, the number of implementations will continue to rise and subsequently lead to the rise in failures

Many factors may influence the successful implementation of EMR systems. An understanding of an EMR system's purpose, function and intended benefits help determine in part what influences the success or failure of an EMR project along with awareness of mistakes which were made in the past while leveraging integration best practices that may be unique to EMR implementations.

Electronic Medical Record systems have a collection of personal health data is described to have many formats when speaking of systems that manage it. An Electronic Medical Record is the collection of data that is central to the patient. An EMR system exists to facilitate the storage, retrieval and continuity of the record itself .EMR systems vary in functionality. According to Gans et al., EMR systems typically have the following functions listed down below:

• Radiology/imaging results
• Consult/reports from specialists
• Referrals to specialists
• Drug reference information
• Immunization tracking
• Presenting complaint
• Physical exam/review of symptoms
• Past medical history
• Problem lists
• Procedure/operative notes
• Laboratory results
• Drug interaction warnings
• Patient Demographics
• Visit/encounter notes
• Patient medications/prescriptions
  
  

EMR systems also have different namessuch as the Electronic Health Record (EHR), Personal Health Record (PHR), Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and Computerized Patient Record (CPR). Confusion around the many terms as well as what is represented by them impacts a provider's ability to strategically assess which system is best for them, it depends on people they can call it whatever they want to. Still, there are some subtle differences between each of the terms. An EMR is typically generated bya physician's practice. An EPR or EHR is typically generated using multiple sources such as those shared between a physician and a hospital. Finally, a PHR is a collection of patient information that the patient themselves hold and share with the providers.

EMR system that collects basic data needed to record and associate health information with a specific patient. An EMR system is a collection of information technology that perform the functions noted above by leveraging databases for repositories of data or aggregation points for summary data from other systems.

The end result of multi-faceted interaction of patient and the health care system is a distributed health record that resides in as many locations as the patient has seen physician’s .No provider has a consistent and full picture of the patient history or treatment. One of the primary benefitsof the EMR system is to help eliminate disconnecting and attempt to aggregate patient data as well as make it easier to share the data with other participating providers.