What Is EMR Integration?
Though most U.S. hospitals and physician practices still use paper to record information regarding patients, this is slowly changing. The electronic medical record, or EMR, is a computerized version of a medical record. In the past, it was impossible for doctors to record or access patient information electronically at the point of care, but technology and EMR integration are changing this.
Paper records may be easy in terms of data entry but they require a large amount of storage space. In addition, records stored at various locations are difficult to gather in one place for a health care provider to …
EMR Integration, CPOE, HL7 Interface And More: The Electronic Healthcare Conversion
With the information age in full swing, various industries are converting their operations to electronic platforms. As a result of government prompting and funding, the healthcare industry is involved in a major transition, converting medical records from paper to electronic format. This is a huge initiative, involving things like EMR integration and development of an HL7 interface that allows health information to be exchanged within a medical community.
In the past, healthcare providers recorded patient medical information and treatment instructions on paper. To simplify exchange of information between those treating a patient and reduce chances of interpretation errors due to …
Social Conditioning: An Obstacle to Integration?
The realm of modern social consciousness is comprised of notions, perceptions and established views. Often, these instruct society as to how they are to act, interact and deal with certain realities. In most cases this is the backbone of society’s values system and source of norms. It is the basis of behavior as well as individual views that determine a significant area of the social sphere like that of interaction. Plainly put this is a source of stability and consistency for any community. However, this is also a source of controversy and conflicts. In societies that are challenged with multiculturalism, …