EMR Benefits and Return on Investment Categories
The sections below detail the benefits, costs, and barriers in evaluating EMR implementations. Selecting, financing, and launching an EHR system is difficult.
Contents
Informational
Security
EMR Benefits: Security is an advantageous attribute which comes with EMR systems. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a privacy, security & meaningful use guidelines which computer systems that store patient information need to conform to imply to HIPAA privacy guidelines. [1]
Environmental
EMR Benefits: Environmental positive impact through Electronic Health Records has the potential to improve the environmental footprint left by the health care industry. [2]
Medical Education
EMR Benefits: Medical education
Financial
Improving patient care
EMR Benefits: Healthcare quality
Research
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Personal Health Records
Electronic Dental Records
Telehealth
E-Prescribing
Among the disadvantages of paper records are that they may get lost as well as they can be misread. With the implementation of electronic prescribing system (e-prescribing) doctors can directly establish communication with a pharmacy. An e-prescribing system can help in the following:
- Reduction of medical errors
- Checking for drug interaction
- Provide lower costs
- Improving care
- Safety for patients
Mobile EMRs
Physicians
Nurses
Costs
References
- ↑ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Privacy and Security Standards. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/HIPAA-Administrative-Simplification/HIPAAGenInfo/PrivacyandSecurityStandards.html
- ↑ Turley, M., Porter, C., Garrido, T., Gerwig, K., Young, S., Radler, L., & Shaber, R. (2011). Use of electronic health records can improve the health care industry’s environmental footprint. Health affairs, 30(5), 938-946.