Ehr Pros And Cons

I. Introduction

Many private family medicine practices have expanded their practice to using EHR. EHR is a digital displayed in a patient’s chart. EHRs make it possible for providers to have faster communication of patient’s medical records. The use of paper records is not necessary. There are pros and cons to EHR. However, I think the pros overweight the cons. There are more advantages than disadvantages of which EHR provides for private family medicine practice. EHR benefits patients, providers, and billing/insurance. Insurance companies can be very stressful to work with but with EHR every procedure that was done in the office can be documented instantly.

A. EHR Functionalities

According to HRSA some basic functionalities are “maintain

When using paper records it is difficult to understand what the doctor is saying by their handwriting. A lot of time people have been given the wrong medication because no one could understand the doctors hand writing. For example, at my job parents have to come into the office in order to get a script if it’s for any ADHD medication. At time, parents would have to come back because the pharmacist did not understand the handwriting or if the doctor forgot to sign the script, or even the date was wrong written. That why with other medications when we send them straight to the pharmacy we never have

The goal of health information exchange is to facilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer, timelier, efficient, equitable, patient- centered care.” Without HIE it would be difficult to share information with other providers. In that case providers would not be able to give their patients the best care. When EHR and HIE work together they can provide the patient with the appropriate care. It takes a lot of methods for this to happen. When all aspects come together providers can accomplish their goal in providing proper care. Healthit.gov provided some advantages of HIE which are “ improve patient safety by reducing medication and medical errors, increase efficiency by eliminating unnecessary paperwork and handling, provide caregivers with clinical decision support tools for more effective care and