We 've used most of the advanced technologies, so it’s easy to collect authentic data. In my hospital, a patient would be given an individual computer generated medical record number (MRN), which would allow us to access information at our main campus, as well as at three different campuses located in Karachi, Pakistan. It’s the usual process of transferring and rotating patient’s personal and confidential information. The information goes through online software, allowing the doctors to access from any campus to plan care for the …show more content…
Some patients need admission to a unit, some need more medications and further treatment, some are under observation, and some need to be discharged. Sometimes there 's shortage of beds in the emergency department and the hospital due to an over capacity of patients. This frequently occurs when there 's a widespread viral infection happening or an environmental or manmade disaster. I 've worked in a 62 bed emergency department, but due to the limitations of space, we still have had to transfer patients to different hospitals for care. Our hospital provided lists of various health care locations to transfer our patients and share their data in the form of a referral summary via both phone and email. In comparison to the health care system back home I feel very fortunate to be in Canada, where there is free health care, unlike my country, where it 's essential to purchase health care insurance. In the future, I hope in my country the government will expand their hospitals and provide the funds and resources to give health care access to