Patients Medical Records - Paper Based vs Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
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The document compares paper-based medical records with electronic medical records (EMR), highlighting key differences in data management, accessibility, scalability, cost-efficiency, data security, and maintenance. EMRs are cloud-based, allowing for easier access and management, while paper records require significant physical storage and can be inefficient. Overall, EMRs offer modern solutions for healthcare data handling despite potential higher initial costs.
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- 1. Paper Based vs Electronic Medical Records HOW DO YOU MANAGE & STORE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS
- 2. Look at the difference between Manual Data Management and deploying an EHR Software in depth:
- 3. EASE OF DATA MANAGEMENT Paper-Based Records A large physical space is needed to save records. Also, healthcare's or hospitals might need temperature- controlled rooms to ensure data integrity. Electronics Medical Records (EMR) Manage & store your patients' medical records on a cloud server. The management can opt from the different types of cloud servers as per the requirement.
- 4. Accesbility of Data Paper-Based Records Accessing data concurrently is not feasible in this methodology. Portability of papers and folders take time and therefore reduces efficiency. Electronics Medical Records (EMR) With EMR systems, you will have important information available at your fingertips. Considering the concept of remote consultations and working has been on the rise, EMR is the key to make it possible.
- 5. SCALABILITY OF DATA Paper-Based Records Records are hard to be shared and accessed using different means. While people have a comfort level with physical folders, those are scalable to an extent. Electronics Medical Records (EMR) Since the data is saved in cloud-based servers and is scalable to significant limits. Cloud is an unending storage unit.
- 6. Cost-Efficiency Paper-Based Records Maintaining physical folders is cost-efficient comparative to EMRs Electronics Medical Records (EMR) A cloud-based server can be expensive if the management chooses to get an in-house IT team; it will cost even more. However, maintenance is relatively lower.
- 7. Data Security Paper-Based Records Physical records are vulnerable to loss of data, paper, or breach. Electronics Medical Records (EMR) EMRs are highly protected and has little to the negligible possibility of a breach
- 8. MAINTAINING BACKUPS Paper-Based Records Keeping a backlog of paper records is very difficult, it will double not only the work but also the space required for storage. Electronics Medical Records (EMR) Cloud-based EMR systems are updated with new technology and keep a backlog of the entire database. Loss of data can be quickly recovered in the old format.
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