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The Electric Health Record is used in the medical profession. An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is used by all individuals involved in care and as a major resource of information across the continuum of care. It has patient history, results, tests, admissions, social information, family information, medications, vital signs, assessments plans, allergies, and many more. It works to always improve patient care by certain initiatives such as Quality Improvement. EHRs are looked at to see if quality of care is at its best for that certain individual. It also looks at risks for duplicating tests and information, reduction of medical errors, makes information more readily available in an organized fashion, and provides accuracy and clarification. EHRs make accessing patient information for people involved in a patient's care so much easier because it is all at their fingertips. Clinicians can edit the EHR and that can be sent to the next clinician, so they can see all necessary information needed for a safe continuity of care.

References: Electronic Health Records. (2012, March 26). Retrieved September 14, 2017, from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/E-Health/EHealthRecords/index.html/ref>