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| + | Electronic health records (EHR), electronic medical records (EMR), both terms used by most of people alternatively as if they have the same meaning but actually this is not true. Each one has a distinct meaning from the other one. The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) illustrated the difference between the two terms as follows :(1) | ||
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| + | '''EMR:''' An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within '''one''' healthcare organization. | ||
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| + | '''EHR:''' An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across '''more than one''' healthcare organization. | ||
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| + | So, EMR is the legal documentation of what happened to the patient in a healthcare organization and it is owned by the organization. While EHR is the collection of all patient's health related information throughout his encounters in different organizations, so his medical history can follow him wherever he goes. It is owned by the patient and he has the right to directly access it. Without the EMR which the physician uses to document and monitor the healthcare process, EHR would not be present.(2) | ||
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| + | EMR contains information about a single diagnosis while EHR contains information about the overall health condition of the patient, so EHR is more helpful in diagnosis and treatment of patients as it contains their full medical history. | ||
| + | EMR is less subject to problems of security because it is related to one organization only and mostly accessed by one provider; on the other hand, EHR contains data gathered from different sources.(3) | ||
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| + | '''References:''' | ||
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| + | (1)NAHIT Defines Six Most Important HIT Terms | ||
| + | http://nashville.medicalnewsinc.com/nahit-defines-six-most-important-hit-terms-cms-1940 | ||
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| + | (2)Electronic Medical Records vs. Electronic Health Records: | ||
| + | Yes, There Is a Difference | ||
| + | http://www.himssanalytics.org/docs/wp_emr_ehr.pdf | ||
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| + | (3)Difference Between EHR and EMR | ||
| + | http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/difference-between-ehr-and-emr/ | ||
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| + | Submitted by:Somaia Ahmed Nasef | ||
| + | (Category:BMI512-W-10) | ||
Revision as of 23:30, 27 February 2010
EHR vs. EMR
Electronic health records (EHR), electronic medical records (EMR), both terms used by most of people alternatively as if they have the same meaning but actually this is not true. Each one has a distinct meaning from the other one. The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) illustrated the difference between the two terms as follows :(1)
EMR: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one healthcare organization.
EHR: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one healthcare organization.
So, EMR is the legal documentation of what happened to the patient in a healthcare organization and it is owned by the organization. While EHR is the collection of all patient's health related information throughout his encounters in different organizations, so his medical history can follow him wherever he goes. It is owned by the patient and he has the right to directly access it. Without the EMR which the physician uses to document and monitor the healthcare process, EHR would not be present.(2)
EMR contains information about a single diagnosis while EHR contains information about the overall health condition of the patient, so EHR is more helpful in diagnosis and treatment of patients as it contains their full medical history. EMR is less subject to problems of security because it is related to one organization only and mostly accessed by one provider; on the other hand, EHR contains data gathered from different sources.(3)
References:
(1)NAHIT Defines Six Most Important HIT Terms http://nashville.medicalnewsinc.com/nahit-defines-six-most-important-hit-terms-cms-1940
(2)Electronic Medical Records vs. Electronic Health Records: Yes, There Is a Difference http://www.himssanalytics.org/docs/wp_emr_ehr.pdf
(3)Difference Between EHR and EMR http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/difference-between-ehr-and-emr/
Submitted by:Somaia Ahmed Nasef (Category:BMI512-W-10)
