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Electronic health record

Meaning in healthcare management, with examples

nounCore term

In healthcare management, electronic health record means: A digital version of a patient's health record that authorised staff can view and update, and that can often be shared between departments and providers.

In Turkish: elektronik sağlık kaydı, elektronik hasta kaydı

How it is used

Shortened to EHR. Managers talk about implementing, rolling out or upgrading an EHR system, and EHR projects are among the biggest IT investments a hospital makes. Good EHR design affects safety, billing and staff time.

Example sentences

  1. Since we switched to an electronic health record, doctors no longer have to search for paper files.

  2. The electronic health record shows an alert if a drug clashes with the patient's allergies.

Common collocations

  • implement an electronic health record
  • EHR system
  • EHR vendor
  • EHR rollout
  • medical recordThe official record of a patient's health and care, including their history, diagnoses, test results, treatments and the notes written by staff.
  • interoperabilityThe ability of different computer systems and devices to exchange health data and use it correctly, for example between a hospital and a family doctor.
  • hospital information systemThe integrated software a hospital uses to manage patient registration, appointments, clinical records, orders, billing and stock.
  • data breachAn incident in which personal data, such as patient records, is lost, stolen, shared with the wrong person or accessed without permission.

More terms: Medical Records and Health Information

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