User: How does the electronic medical record affect health care as a whole?

Note: Surely electronic records bring tremendous value to healthcare.

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Note: Its purpose can be understood as a complete record of patient encounters that allows the automation and streamlining of the workflow in health care settings and increases safety through evidence-based decision support, quality management, [ and outcomes reporting ]

Note: Several possible advantages to EHRs over paper records have been proposed, but there is debate about the degree to which these are achieved in practice (e.g. [8]). [edit] Reduction of cost In the U.S. [ a vast amount of funds are allocated towards the health care industry—more than $1.7 trillion per year.[9] If savings are allocated using the current level of spending from the National Health Accounts, Medicare would receive about $23 billion of the potential savings per year, and private payers would receive $31 billion per year. ]

Note: Improve quality of care The implementation of electronic health records (EHR) can help lessen patient sufferance due to medical errors and the inability of analysts to assess quality.

Note: Promote evidence-based medicine EHRs provide access to unprecedented amounts of clinical data for research that can accelerate the level of knowledge of effective medical practices.

Note: Record keeping and mobility EHR systems have the advantages of being able to connect to many electronic medical record systems. In the current global medical environment, patients are shopping for their procedures. [ Many international patients travel to US cities with academic research centers for specialty treatment or to participate in Clinical Trials. Coordinating these appointments via paper records is a time-consuming procedure. ]

Weegy: Source:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record.] You also can read: Impact of an Electronic Medical Record System: Results on [www.medscape.com/viewarticle/405802_3]
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