Implementing Electronic Medical Record Management System in Hospitals

Abstract

With different developments in the world, it also faces a string of health problems which include HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis that endanger the lives of millions of people. Want of substructure and qualified, experienced employees is believed as key barriers to scaling up a cure for these maladies. In this journal article, I will explain why information systems are significant in a lot of healthcare ventures in the developing world. One such project is to implement Electronic Medical Record or in short EMR management systems in hospitals. So what is EMR? EMR, in fact, is the electronic middleman letting users get at and recover patients' data, to assess patients' medical history, and to make possible the commencement between patients as well as medical users. The EMR includes an arrangement of recording, working, storing, recording and channelizing health info electronically. Via the utilization of the EMR, quite a lot of restrictions that are linked with the paper-dependant medical record system are undoubtedly defeated. For instance, in comparison to the paper-based records, the EMR can play a better role in medical verdict-making, incorporating the services of different departments, tailor-making patient care, decreasing medical mistakes, ameliorating quality, cutting down costs, etc. Additionally, the EMR can successfully aid to convey patient info from one organization to another and thus assist in recommendations and bettering the approach to healthcare. This article analyzes the setbacks linked to the implementation of EMR systems and then discusses its benefits and its implications on Management. If EMR method is enforced and applied appropriately, it will facilitate in the enhancement of community health.