Electronic Health Record - Advanced Data Systems
An electronic health record (EHR), is the schematized group of health information on patient data in a digital layout. These records can be shared across different health care settings.
EHR includes a wide range of data, such as demographics, medical history of patient, medication & allergies, immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs, personal statistics like age and weight, and billing information.
EHR systems are designed to store data accurately and to capture the state of a patient across time. It eliminates the need to track down a patient's previous paper medical records and assists in ensuring data is accurate and legible. It can reduce risk of data replication as there is only one modifiable file, which means the file is more likely up to date, and decreases risk of lost paperwork.
Due to the digital information being searchable and in a single file, EMRs (electronic medical records) are more effective when extracting medical data for the examination of possible trends and long term changes in a patient. Population-based studies of medical records may also be facilitated by the widespread adoption of EHRs and EMRs.
Technical features
- Digital formatting enables information to be used and shared over secure networks
- Track care (e.g. prescriptions) and outcomes (e.g. blood pressure)
- Trigger warnings and reminders
- Send and receive orders, reports, and results
- Decrease billing processing time and create more accurate billing system
- Health Information Exchange
- Technical and social framework that enables information to move electronically between organizations
The implementation of EMR can potentially decrease identification time of patients upon hospital admission. A research from the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that since the adoption of EMR a relative decrease in time by 65% has been recorded (from 130 to 46 hours).
MARKET DYNAMICS
The electronic health record (EHR) market is expected to grow in coming years owing to factors such as accurate & up-to-date patient data, increase in adoption of EHR and reduced healthcare cost in long term. On the other hand the high cost of EHR and growth in concerns about the patient data safety & security due to rise in cyber-crime is expected to hamper the growth of electronic health record (EHR) market.
Key Electronic Health Record (EHR) Companies Includes-
- Cerner Corporation
- GE Healthcare (General Electric Company)
- Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
- McKesson Corporation
- Epic Systems Corporation.
- NextGen Healthcare (Quality Systems, Inc.)
- eClinicalWorks
- Healthcare Management System
- CPSI
- AdvancedMD, Inc.
source: wiki & The Insight Partners