Home Health & Hospice Week
Cut Through EMR Vs. EHR Confusion
If you don’t know the difference between an EMR and EHR, now’s the time to learn — before it’s too late. An electronic medical record (EMR) and an electronic health record (EHR) may sound similar, but they are very different and shouldn’t be confused, health IT experts say. An EMR is just an electronic version of a patient’s chart. Furthermore, an EMR is for in-provider use only and is not traditionally shared with other healthcare providers. The patient data in the EMR is for the providers in your agency to use primarily for care and treatment. Essentially, the EMR is a history of the diagnosis and treatment performed exclusively by your agency. Patients have limited access to this kind of digital chart. An EHR is much more involved and covers a patient’s healthcare journey across different spectrums and providers. It acts as a database of sorts, housing all the health information a patient has amassed and is an amalgam of all the digital records. An EHR can be shared with other healthcare providers in real time, and changes can be made by the various providers. Additionally, patients can go in and look at the information in an EHR — and amend or correct data. EHRs are used for communication, diagnoses, and treatment, across providers, hospitals, and facilities.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Cut Through EMR Vs. EHR Confusion
If you don’t know the difference between an EMR and EHR, now’s the time to [...]
