Preventing Adverse Effects
Decision-making support tools built into web-based EHR systems help prevent adverse events associated with drug allergies and negative drug interactions caused by food or other medications. Expeditious access to drug contraindications, patient history and pharmaceutical information enables providers to make faster decisions when prescribing or administering medication at the point of care. From a broader perspective, pertinent information recorded in a patient EHR can be easily shared with medical care teams to support decisions and specialists to make sure every medical provider has the information necessary to make informed decisions necessary to diagnosis and treat problems regardless of where the patient seeks healthcare.
Making it Easier to Consider All Aspects of a Patient's Health
Patients with a complex medical history and those who suffer from multiple chronic conditions often have volumous records. Digital health records allow physicians and clinicians to review a comprehensive file that clearly identifies all aspects of a patient's health including, but not limited to a complete list of medications, financial circumstances, environmental challenges, familial histories, mental health status, lifestyle risk factors and past surgical events.
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Not only do these reports empower doctors to make better clinical decisions during patient encounters, but sharing the information with peers, colleagues and research facilities provides valuable, actionable information to improve quality of care for all patients around the globe. Endocrinologists can benefit from determining which diabetics in their care are managing glucose levels effectively with diet and insulin and which groups
Decision-making support tools built into web-based EHR systems help prevent adverse events associated with drug allergies and negative drug interactions caused by food or other medications. Expeditious access to drug contraindications, patient history and pharmaceutical information enables providers to make faster decisions when prescribing or administering medication at the point of care. From a broader perspective, pertinent information recorded in a patient EHR can be easily shared with medical care teams to support decisions and specialists to make sure every medical provider has the information necessary to make informed decisions necessary to diagnosis and treat problems regardless of where the patient seeks healthcare.
Making it Easier to Consider All Aspects of a Patient's Health
Patients with a complex medical history and those who suffer from multiple chronic conditions often have volumous records. Digital health records allow physicians and clinicians to review a comprehensive file that clearly identifies all aspects of a patient's health including, but not limited to a complete list of medications, financial circumstances, environmental challenges, familial histories, mental health status, lifestyle risk factors and past surgical events.
Enabling Reseach …show more content…
Not only do these reports empower doctors to make better clinical decisions during patient encounters, but sharing the information with peers, colleagues and research facilities provides valuable, actionable information to improve quality of care for all patients around the globe. Endocrinologists can benefit from determining which diabetics in their care are managing glucose levels effectively with diet and insulin and which groups