Transferring Patient Medical Records Electronically

Everyday in doctors offices, emergency rooms, hospitals and clinics patient medical records are being updated and transferred by medical personnel. The medical record is a permanent history containing critical information about a patients health and medical condition. Electronic Medical Records or EMR are changing how information is stored and distributed by medical personnel in an effort to quickly and accurately diagnose and treat patients by members of the medical community.

A man sets up an appointment to see a doctor knowing that there is an illness germinating within him. Upon visiting the office the new patient fills out a series of forms that ask probing medical questions about this mans condition. A nurse or doctor takes the man back to an examination room after a few minutes where he is interviewed and checked out assistant. In response to his answers and the overall examination notes are written down and the patient is given a chart to track the diagnosis and treatment of his ailment. A series of tests are ordered to further reveal the disorder that brought the man into the doctors office. The orders are recorded on the patients EMR, as will be the results once they are returned from the lab. Knowing that he may have to share the EMR, Electronic Medical Record with his colleagues the doctor prepares a file that is now filled with the information gathered about the patient thus far.

In the lab a technician takes blood samples ordered by the attending physician. The prescribed testing that was written by the now absent physician is clearly followed by the technician. The patient file and chart recording the visit are logged in the patients EMR and the chart is filed away to await the results of the blood test. The initial testing shows an anomaly in the blood. Further testing is still required, however a common blood count reveals the discrepancy and the preliminary results are again recorded in the patients file.

Concerned by the initial findings of the common blood count, recorded in the patients EMR, electronic medical record, the doctor orders the patient report to the hospital for a blood transfusion. At the same time that the orders are being given a transcript of the patients medical record is being prepared and delivered to the hospital. Upon arrival at the hospital the patient is admitted and his EMR is pulled. The transfer of information is accurate and complete and the patient can now by treated by specialists that have access to all of the information contained in the EMR.

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Prime Clinical Systems (primeclinical.com) builds EMR, Electronic Medial Record solutions featuring Patient Chart Manager software that can be customized to meet the demands of a doctor specialty. Art Gib is a freelance writer.

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