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Electronic Health Record

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Computer-based patient record; Electronic medical record; Electronic patient record; Health information record; Personal health record

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The electronic health record (EHR) is a computer-based record of patient health information. It is generated by one or more encounters in any healthcare delivery setting. The EHR includes information on patient demographics, progress notes, medications, vital signs, clinical history, immunizations, laboratory results, and reports of diagnostic procedures. The EHR documents evidenced-based decision-making, quality management, and patient outcomes. The term EHR is generally preferred over the term electronic medical record (EMR). The EMR most often refers to a single healthcare event, whereas the EHR includes the entire patient record of healthcare encounters. The EHR also emphasizes the role of the patient in viewing and even contributing to the record and may chronicle and even influence health status, not just a patient’s...

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References and Further Readings

  • Gunter, T., & Terry, N. (2005). The emergence of national electronic health record architectures in the United States and Australia: Models, costs, and questions. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(1), 1–15.

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  • Skolnik, N. (2011). Electronic medical records: A practical guide for primary care. New York: Springer.

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  • Wachter, R. M. (2012). Information technology, chapter 13. In R. M. Wachter (Ed.), Understanding patient safety (2nd ed.). McGraw Hill Medical: New York, New York.

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  1. School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 701 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, USA

    Linda C. Baumann

  2. Allina Health System, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Alyssa Ylinen

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  1. Linda C. Baumann
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  2. Alyssa Ylinen
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Correspondence to Linda C. Baumann or Alyssa Ylinen .

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Marc Gellman

  2. Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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Baumann, L.C., Ylinen, A. (2016). Electronic Health Record. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_106-2

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