Dr. Stephanie Mayfield said one of the benefits of electronic records is more immediate patient care.
“When a patient comes into a hospital or private provider’s office, not having to call or search where that patient’s been, or if that patient isn’t able to tell you where they’ve been, it’s such a medical efficiency to be able to look up that information through the health information exchange," explained Mayfield.
Electronic record-keeping is also intended to increase the accuracy of patient records and reduce medical errors. Dr. Mayfield said every Kentucky hospital now utilizes electronic records and more than 400 individual providers have signed on.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Lisa Autry
Quelle/Source: WKU Public Radio, 17.09.2013
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