Disadvantages Of ERM

Electronic medical record (EMR) systems, defined as an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health care organization, have the potential to provide substantial benefits to physicians, clinic practices, and health care organizations. These systems can facilitate workflow and improve the quality of patient care and patient safety.

EMRs are more valuable than paper records because they enable providers to track data over time, identify patients for preventive visits and screenings, monitor patients, and improve health care quality. The medical record may include records maintained in an electronic medical / record system,

There are many benefits to implementing an EMR system, both tangible and intangible. One benefit is could be the ability to share the information between different locations easily. Another benefit which is important to management but often takes time to realize is monetary, in the form of savings from increased efficiency and reduced errors. Increased efficiency also may translate to increased patient satisfaction, leading to increased business and reputation.

Most people think of reducing the amount of paper used when a system migrates to going digital, but paper is a comparatively cheap medium though it takes up a large amount of space. On the other hand, take the case of the radiology department. The film used has to be specially prepared prior to use and it requires special equipment both to take the image and to process for viewing. Moving from hardcopy radiological images to one produced and stored digitally reduces both costs and facilitates transfer of images (Ayal & Seidmann, 2009, p.45,

Here are some of the obstacles and weaknesses identified in the use of EMR in the patient care and management process is management change. Change of mind or thinking is the challenge required to ensure the culture of using a full computer system for dealing with medical records documentation from paper usage as medical personnel are more comfortable using paper and writing manually. Information technology literacy is also required for the use of EMR because there are sometimes technical problems in computer software and hardware that make medical personnel less easily using EMR for maintenance information records due to the disruption. Second, high costs for maintenance of ict systems and equipment. The cost of purchasing EMR software, ICT equipment and EMR regulation is high. Hence the maximum and total use of EMR can help balance the cost of energy consumption, paper, space and shelf for medical record management. In addition, among the challenges the use of EMR in hospitals is the relationship of medical personnel with limited patients as medical personnel are forced to include medical information in the system while interviewing patient health history. Sometimes the time allocated to communicate with patients is minimal due to the long time used to use the EMR system. third, patient information