Is the Electronic Health Record the Answer to Improving Patient Compliance with Recommended Health Interventions?

Improving Patient Safety with the Military Electronic Health Record

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has transformed health care delivery in its use of information technology to automate patient data documentation, leading to improvements in patient safety. The Department uses an enterprise-wide medical and dental clinical information system that generates, maintains, and provides 24-hour secure online access to longitudinal health records. CHCS II...

Patient access to the electronic health record

The Electronic Health Record System May Destroy the Empathy

Aims: The use of the electronic health record systems has been developed in the health system, but it is still not known whether empathy is created in the visit of the patient despite this system. Therefore, this study was designed with the purpose of comparing patients’ perceptions about physicians’ empathy after the patient viewed standardized and scripted video vignettes of two physicians on...

Cultural Considerations in Physician-Patient Relationships, With an Emphasis on Electronic Health Record

Good and healthy communication between physician and patient is cornerstone of a complete medical care that has long been considered in sociology. From the classical point of view, the physician-patient relationship as a unique relationship encompasses a wide range of cultural and social influences. Electronic health record not only has facilitated the treatment and diagnosis process, but also ...

The journey to the electronic health record.

Imagine you're on a family vacation on the other side of the world. Your daughter becomes suddenly ill and must be hospitalized. Immediately, her physician queries the Internet, entering her universal health identification number and, within seconds, accesses her complete medical history. Appropriate treatment is provided, and, within hours, she is on her way to a speedy recovery. Important? Yo...