Question

: The manual and electronic patient record has many purposes, but one goal: documentation of patient care. Regardless of the type of care provided, a health care facility’s patient records contain similar content (e.g., consent forms) and format features (e.g., all records contain patient identification information). Distinguish among patient record formats. (10 marks, each one 2 marks)

Answer 1

The difference between electronic and manual patient records are enlisted below:

Basis of differences	Electronic Patient Record	Manual Patient Record
Location	Database of hospital authority	Medical Records Department [MRD]
Accessibility	Easily accessible from database	Need to take appointment at MRD
Format	Flexible and customisable according to cases	Fixed format for a period of atleast an year
Purpose	Many purposes	Limited purposes
Activity Status	Active due to review and updation	Inactive due to absence of updation
Space	Compact	Non-Compact
Cost	Inexpensive as the investment is only for database development	Expensive as their is requirement for infrastructure, staff and maintenance

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