I am a voracious reader when it comes to technology sector. There is an article on PC World called Will Technology Change How Doctors Treat You in 2010. The case in point is that EHR provides a near real time access to the data. As a result, health care professionals can better monitor health issues and take immediate action.
Monitoring a patient’s condition in real time and using the information to develop a more detailed medical history could eliminate the need for some emergency treatment or hospital re-admissions by heading off health problems early.
The emergence of consumer health electronics such as portable ECG devices, blood pressure monitors or weight scales can allow the seamless capture and sharing of patient information from home, at work or even on the road. Portable ECGs, for instance, weigh just 3.5 ounces and allow outpatients to record electrical heart signals and transmit the results to doctors who can monitor them for trouble down the road. Advances in microprocessors will allow such devices to connect wirelessly with home computers, mobile phones or even remote Internet applications.
Score one for the positive benefit of using an EHR system.