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An electronic health record is a representation of all a patients’ data that would originally be found in the paper based record. It contains all information ranging from pathology, radiology and clinical information that has been combined and structured in a digital form.

The system is designed to capture and re-present data that accurately capture the state of the patient at all times. It allows for an entire patient history to be viewed without the need to track down the patient’s previous medical record volume and assists in ensuring data is accurate, appropriate and legible. It reduces the chances of data replication as there is only one modifiable file, which means the file is constantly up to date when viewed at a later date and eliminates the issue of lost forms or paperwork. Due to all the information being in a single file, it makes it much more effective when extracting medical data for the examination of possible trends and long term changes in the patient.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS


 * Improve care quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities
 * Quality and safety measurement
 * Clinical decision support (automated advice) for providers
 * Patient registries (e.g., “a directory of patients with diabetes”)


 * Improve care coordination


 * Engage patients and families in their care


 * Improve population and public health
 * Electronic laboratory reporting for reportable conditions (hospitals)
 * Immunization reporting to immunization registries
 * Syndromic surveillance (health event awareness)


 * Ensure adequate privacy and security protections

'''The Future of Electronic Health Records – Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records '''

A PCEHR is a system that proposes to store admission or event summaries in an electronic format over a large network accessible by doctors, nurses, GPs and chemists without the need for written scripts or requesting medical files from another hospital. The system proposes to record and store any health information provided by a health care professional that has agreed to be a part of the system. This allows the storage and retrieval of a lifetimes worth of clinical and demographic information of a patient that can be viewed as event summaries and reports with the appropriate authorization

-	Mendelson, D. (2004). HealthConnect and the duty of care. J Law Med. 12 (1), p69-79.

Technical Features 


 * Digital formatting enables information to be used and shared over secure networks
 * Track care (e.g. prescriptions) and outcomes (e.g. blood pressure)
 * Trigger warnings and reminders
 * Send and receive orders, reports, and results

'''HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE '''
 * Technical and social framework that enables information to move electronically between organizations
 * Reporting to public health
 * ePrescribing
 * Sharing laboratory results with providers