EHR or Electronic Health Record is an increasingly misused term in the arena of Bioinformatics. There are several variations to the term, e.g. EMR (Electronic Medical Record), CHR (Clinical Health Record)…etc. Many times the term EHR is used to mean EHR-S or Electronic Health Record Systems. Electronic Health Record systems manage Electronic Health Records. | |||||||||||||||||||
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EHR Definition | ||||||||||||||||||
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic (or digital) representation of a patient’s medical record (history). This medical record represents the systematic documentation of longitudinal (over time) encounters with care providers. Health records may contain the information such as:
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Legal Health Record | ||||||||||||||||||
A legal health record is a subset of the Electronic Health Record that serves as a legal record of care provided. As per the AHIMA definition of the Legal Health Record, it is the business record for any health care provider and performs the following functions:
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Personal Health Record | ||||||||||||||||||
A Personal Health Record (PHR) is a vehicle by which an individual is given the ability to manage their own health and care. PHRs may contain summaries of care received from various care providers. Emerging technologies allow individuals the ability to gather data from biometric devices into their Personal Health Record. Runners will have the ability to schedule their runs and gather information from devices such as heart rate monitors into their Personal Health Record after each run. | |||||||||||||||||||
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To Know More | ||||||||||||||||||
Electronic Health Records
Legal Health Record
Personal Health Record
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