EHRs provide several benefits over traditional paper records including giving healthcare providers access to accurate and complete patient health information which enables better care decisions. EHRs allow for quick access to a patient's medical history during emergencies and make it easier to coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions. The goal of health IT is to improve quality and safety of care through a single record containing a patient's complete health history that is accessible by authorized providers. While EMRs contain a patient's records from within a single practice, EHRs include a more comprehensive medical history and allow records to be shared across organizations and providers.

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Why Adopt EHRs?
Providers who use EHRs report tangible improvements in their ability to make better
decisions with more comprehensive information. EHR adoption can give health care
providers:
 Accurate and complete information about a patient's health. This enables
providers to give the best possible care, whether during a routine office visit or in
a medical emergency, by providing the information they need to evaluate a
patient's current condition in the context of the patient's health history and other
treatments.
 The ability to quickly provide care. In a crisis, EHRs provide instant access to
information about a patient's medical history, allergies,and medications. This can
enable providers to make decisions sooner, instead of waiting for information
from test results.
 The ability to better coordinate the care they give. This is especially important if a
patient has a serious or chronic medical condition, such as diabetes.
 A way to share information with patients and their family caregivers. This
means patients and their families can more fully take part in decisions about their
health care.
The main goal of health IT is to improve the quality and safety of patient care. The
promise of fully realized EHRs is having a single record that includesall of a patient's
health information: a record that is up to date, complete, and accurate. This puts
providers in a better position to work with their patients to make good decisions.
EHRs can also flag potentially dangerous drug interactions (to help prescribing doctors
explore alternatives beforea problem occurs), verify medications and dosages (to ensure
that pharmacists dispense the right drug), and reduce the need for potentially risky tests
and procedures.
What Is an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)?
Differences between Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Records
An EMR contains the standard medical and clinical data gathered in one provider’s
office. Electronic health records (EHRs) go beyond the data collected in the provider’s
office and include a more comprehensive patient history.

2. For example, EHRs are designed to contain and share information from all providers
involved in a patient’s care. EHR data can be created, managed, and consulted by
authorized providers and staff from across more than one health care organization.
Unlike EMRs, EHRs also allow a patient’s health record to move with them—to other
health care providers, specialists, hospitals, nursing homes,and even across states. For
more information about electronic medical recordsand the differences between EMR vs
EHR,
An electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital version of a paper chart that contains all
of a patient’s medical history from one practice. An EMR is mostly used by providers for
diagnosis and treatment.
Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
An EMR is more beneficial than paper records becauseit allows providers to:
 Track data over time
 Identify patients who are due for preventive visits and screenings
 Monitor how patients measure up to certain parameters, such as vaccinations and
blood pressure readings
 Improve overall quality of care in a practice
The information stored in EMRs is not easily shared with providers outside of a practice.
A patient’s record might even have to be printed out and delivered by mail to specialists
and other members of the care team.