Patients' Safety in the Era of EMR/EHR Automation

EHR encompasses information regarding patient care such as demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, medical history, immunizations, laboratory data, and imaging reports which can be easily accessed at multiple sites to make health care accessible for patients.

While implementing an EHR with best features for supporting physicians is the responsibility of the healthcare organization, using it in a meaningful way is solely dependent on the physician.

Real-time testing of EHRs in working environment when combined with proper training from the vendors is needed to get the best from the EHRs.