Question

Discuss how the Electronic Health Records (EHR) will enhance coordination of care and save paper and space.

Answer 1

EHRs can reduce the amount of time providers spend doing paperwork.

Administrative tasks, such as filling out forms and processing billing requests, represent a significant percentage of health care costs. EHRs can increase practice efficiencies by streamlining these tasks, significantly decreasing costs.

In addition, EHRs can deliver more information in additional directions. EHRs can be programmed for easy or even automatic delivery of information that needs to be shared with public health agencies or for the purpose of quality measurement. The Electronic Health Record systems improve nursing documentation, reduce medication errors, and make nurses feel more satisfied with their work environments. Now a new study finds that nurses working in an EHR environment are less likely to report poor patient safety compared to their peers working in non-EHR environments.