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Information Technology and the Electronic Health Record – Implications for Health

Information Technology (IT) in healthcare has made great progress in diagnostic and therapeutic applications; next is Electronic Records.

Using computers to assist in imaging, surgery, and critical life support has meant lives are being saved that as recently as five years ago were being lost.

Now, the burden of healthcare costs is increasing due to population aging and continuous introduction of more costly treatments.

As a result, healthcare leaders in hospitals and governments alike are now beginning to realise the next use of technology will be targeted increasingly on efficiency, patient safety and reducing medical errors. They consider electronic health record (EHR) and health information systems (HIS) which can have a significant impact on reducing medical errors and removing delays due to paper record handoffs and missing information to be among the most important applications their organisations will need to invest in over the next two years. The objective is to enable delivery of the right care, in the right setting, at the right cost.

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