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Computerized medical records: two views

Computerized medical records offer many advantages and some disadvantages. In preparing to teach a preconference next week at the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses annual meeting, I have been doing more reading about computerized records. We handle these records every … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records and litigation

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. The fifth is the impact on litigation. Many facilities are also putting their policy and procedure manual “on line”. … Continue reading

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Computerized medical record problems

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages but also some significant disadvantages. The last issue relates to the cumbersome nature of EMRs. Electronic health records can … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records and operational issues

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages but also some significant disadvantages. Operational issues may plague the use of electronic medical records, a third issue to … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records: forensic issues Part 2

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages but also some significant disadvantages. Forensic issues are the second point to consider. Failure to authenticate a medical record … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records – security, privacy, and confidentiality

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages but also some significant disadvantages. Concerns about security, privacy and confidentiality of records are the first. There are problems … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records – forensic issues Part 1

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. The fourth is the impact on forensic issues. *** News flash: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) will conduct a … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records and medical errors

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. The third is prevention of medical errors. Pen and paper medical records are plagued by illegible handwriting along with … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records – quality

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. The second is quality. Electronic medical records manipulate and display information in a way that no paper and pen … Continue reading

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Computerized medical records – efficiency

There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. The first is efficiency. The enormous amount of data that are collected about a person’s health can be stored … Continue reading

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