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ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

electronic health record systems: ... computer-based applications designed to acquire, store, manage, and display health-care-related records including all clinical and administrative information entered by practitioners involved in health care delivery.

CONT

EHR systems can include many potential capabilities, but three particular functionalities hold great promise in improving the quality of care and reducing costs at the health care system level: clinical decision support (CDS) tools, computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, and health information exchange (HIE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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