Electronic Health Records: pros and cons

During the last decade, the world has seen heavy computerization in all sectors. People booking tickets online to others who are studying online tickets. Despite these advances, the majority of patients still receive handwritten prescriptions and only a small percentage may even be able to make an appointment with a doctor in an e-mail. To ensure that the health sector is no exception, it is important to adopt the use of electronic health records commonly called EHR to improve the services provided. It is important to evaluate the pros and cons behind EHR adoption. Among the benefits of EHRs will provide the health sector include clinical benefits, these clinical benefits include improving the quality of services and reduced medical errors.
They also contribute to organizational results leading to both financial and operational benefits. DSE also contribute to social benefits, including the ability to perform complex searches and also to improve the health of the population. It is important to understand that the DSE also have their own drawbacks. Among them include the enormous acquisition costs to be incurred by a health institution that wishes to adopt and use EHRs. Maintenance costs and disruption of workflow (in case of power failure), learning and adapting to the new system also contribute to the temporary decrease in productivity.
My opinion on the adoption and implementation of EHR in our health facilities is solely based on the fact that, as technology advances and the world becomes a global village, it is necessary for the health sector to move from conservative notion that everything must be done in written form to electronics, where everything can be made and sent electronically. This will lead to savings in time, space and cost. For example, if someone providing financial assistance to a sick member of the family is far from the hospital where the patient is attended to, he or she can communicate directly with the doctor by e-mail on the status and the patient's progress, and even what should be purchased without the need that the person is physically available in the hospital. It is important to take precautions when using EHRs as thugs and reckless practioneers may give wrong prescriptions. For example, a doctor or nurse stress may decide to copy and paste previous prescription recorded in an electronic device and offer unsuspecting patients. This can happen if he or she believes that the time available is not sufficient to serve the patient and there are many patients who need to be assisted. It is important to understand that the adoption of EHRs allow certain individuals within the health sector to lose their jobs. As a result, they may discourage the adoption of electronic records in the institution in order to remain in their current positions for long. This leads to low productivity.
In conclusion, it was noted that technological advances have led to a sharp computerization in all sectors. In the health sector, it was thanks to the adoption of electronic health records. The adoption of these electronic records has both advantages and disadvantages. Among the benefits listed include saving time and money as well as precision in the proposed requirements. However, some disadvantages include the high acquisition costs that must be incurred and the known low during the period of adoption productivity. It is therefore important to take everything into consideration and adoption and use of EHR should be adopted in the departments within the health sector where they are best suited.