Planning for a new electronic patient record begins with a discussion about the old paper records on numerous factors. This is the innovative method for moving data from the paper record into an electronic one. One of the obvious benefits of implementing an EHR is the elimination of the paper based patient charts.


To enter the designated information into the electronic health records all the employees have to attain the clinical training and they did have prior experience on Roswell’s front desk and were therefore familiar with their paper-based patient charts. Each day they would enter the information for patients with checkups the following day according to the Critical Data Checklist. Every person in the medical practice is affected by the EHR and must be trained to do their work differently.


These days, the most talked about healthcare IT news doing the rounds would undoubtedly be electronic health records (EHR) implementation. The feds are no doubt pouring billions into the EHR implementation but majority are of the opinion that EHRs are at risk when they are in the hands of the private industry or the government. In fact, the figure of Americans who believe EHRs are not secure is 80 percent.


According to a Ponemon Institute survey found, for 71 percent of respondents, it’s okay for hospitals, clinics or physicians to tuck up their health records. Similarly, 99 percent believe a patient’s doctor should have access to her digital health records stored in a national system.


But only 38 percent are of the opinion that a federal government agency should have access to those records; while only 11 percent thought that private businesses should have access.


It may be a good idea that the US Department of health is not eager on centralizing health records in a single database. But then they will farm them out to a network of databases at hospitals, insurance companies and web portals like Google, Microsoft or General Electric.