subject: Why You Must Keep Electronic Medical Records? [print this page] Today, technology has spread its roots in each & every sphere of life. While there is hardly any field that is far from the reach of technology, the medical world proudly boasts of its hi-tech medical equipments. Although the medical field is technically enabled with the most modern technology, but still at some medical institutions the non-technical departments (for example, the departments that deal in records and billing) handle their work manually.
One click access to the history- You are a medical professional, and you get to work on a serious case, and all of a sudden, you remember that few months back, you worked on a similar case. That cases record can be helpful for you, and hence you want it. Dont you think it will be very time consuming for the concerned people to find out that record from the library of thousands of files? However, if you have Electronic Medical Records installed, you can get that record in no time.
Durability- Files and documents have durability limit, however the electronic storage is comparatively much durable. Even after years, you can view every single file with ease.
Convenience- Whether you want to verify few billing histories, or just want to peep in to the past records from outside the hospital, you can effortlessly do that if you have the arrangement of electronic system for medical billing & records (using internet).
Monitoring and safety- If the hospital is big, and the volume of patients remains high, do you think that it is feasible to monitor all the documents and billing history, from being misused. I do not think, you could say yes for this. However, in case the entire system of billing is electronic, all you need is to put a password on the database. One can access database, only if they have the password, which means that you do not need an extra person to keep an eye on your record database.
