Like other professionals, doctors and medical practitioners store, maintain and process a large number of data and information. This medical information needs to be put in order in accordance with specific grades and structures. This is why a lot of care providers these days, use Electronic Medical Records which are especially made to process a certain type of medical information efficiently and effectively.
Electronic Health Records can therefore be used to access, store and receive different types of medical data such as medical history, allergies and medication, demographics, lab results, radiology, vital signs etc. With the advent in technologies, patient engagement and usage of modern technologies in healthcare, the overall data has been increasing at a rapid pace leading the doctors to invest in better and more powerful EHRs. These upgrades essentially make life easier for doctors and further increase their productivity.
Recent research suggests that doctors shift from an EHR to another to attain certain objectives. Primarily, factors such as easy-to-use features, option to access information systems, integration of data from various sources and installation of operational expenses form the main reasons why doctors shift from one EHR to another.
There are a number of different professionals who access patient health records. From the care provider, the staff to the government, there are many who come across patients data and can view the private information. This is why most providers opt for Electronic Health Records which are easy to use and offer simplistic features as it also leads to the staff being easily trained to use the system.
Care providers also seek options to access patient health information regardless of time and location. Providers then want to share this information with different stakeholders in the industry since this saves them a lot of time which they can spend on more productive activities. Better accessibility and interoperability hence, leads doctors to shift to better and more advanced versions of Electronic Health Records. With the advent in innovative technologies, vendors are now providing Cloud technologies which mean that all data would be stored on the vendor’s servers and will mean easy storage, access and retrieval of data for providers.
With the healthcare industry leaning towards patient engagement, every doctor is responsible to provide the highest quality of care to patients. This leads care providers to consult other providers of different specialties and exchange information with them. With this concept, providers want to have systems which can collect data from various sources without having to go to each provider or communicating with them. Therefore, integrated Electronic Health Records offer the most robust and reliable system to deliver them such information at a single platform.
There are many care providers who shift to other Electronic Health Records because of the potential for high costs in the longer run by using a single EHR. This leads them to change their EHRs which offer the same basic features but at lower prices.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
