Electronic Health Records System

Words: 380
Pages: 2

Electronic Health Records

Information Problem

In this paper, I will be evaluating the system of ‘Paper health records’. My focus will be on identifying the limitations and challenges of ‘paper-based system’ from the perspective of a hospital which stores patient’s health records. Further, I will be evaluating how EHR (electronic health records) can be used to overcome these challenges. Evaluation of EHR will help us understand the strengths of EHR when compared with the paper-based system and potential weaknesses and threats of EHR.

Challenges of Paper Records

• Accessibility

Storing and maintaining every patient's file requires a lot of physical space. Additional each file will have multiple documents. The high volume of documents makes