EMR Benefits and Return on Investment Categories
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The sections below detail the benefits, costs, and barriers in evaluating EMR implementations. Selecting, financing, and launching an EHR system is difficult.
Contents
Informational
Security
EMR Benefits: Security is an advantageous attribute which comes with EMR systems. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a privacy, security & meaningful use guidelines which computer systems that store patient information need to conform to imply to HIPAA privacy guidelines. [1]
Environmental
Environmental positive impact through Electronic Health Records has the potential to improve the environmental footprint left by the health care industry. [2]
Medical Education
EMR Benefits: Medical education
Financial
Improving patient care
EMR Benefits: Healthcare quality
Research
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Personal Health Records
Telehealth
Mobile EMRs
Physicians
Costs
References
- ↑ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Privacy and Security Standards. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/HIPAA-Administrative-Simplification/HIPAAGenInfo/PrivacyandSecurityStandards.html
- ↑ Turley, M., Porter, C., Garrido, T., Gerwig, K., Young, S., Radler, L., & Shaber, R. (2011). Use of electronic health records can improve the health care industry’s environmental footprint. Health affairs, 30(5), 938-946.