Question

Discuss the differences in the definitions for EMR, EHR, and PHR.

Answer 1

EMR :
An EMR ( Electronic Medical Record) refers to digital version of patient’s data collected from clinician’s office. The data include both standard data and clinical data.
This data are gathered by individual physicians and used for track data overtime and to monitor vitals in patients in due time.

EHR :
An EHR ( Electronic Health Records) refers to data collected by physicians who treated a patient in different hospitals. This is more comprehensive than EMR and it include treatment history, personal history also.
It includes the collection of health data from all the physicians who treated a patient.

PHR :
An PHR ( Personal Health Records) are managed by patient and these records are either set up by physicians, hospitals , or patients and it is controlled by patients.