How do EHRs improve quality of care & potentially lower Medical Malpractice costs?
Many EHR systems provide the following features that help improve patient care: 1) Better documentation of patient information, services rendered, instructions provided, prescriptions, diagnostic tests ordered; 2) Access to more current and complete information leads to less misdiagnosis; 3) Charts are maintained electronically, resulting in no lost charts; 4) EHR systems allow you to treat patients according to current clinical guidelines by providing clinical guideline prompts during documentation of a patient visit; 5) Notifying you of new medications, dosages, complications, etc.; 6) Assists with HIPAA compliance; 7) Helps maintain confidentiality of patient records and minimizes the exposure due to charts left inadvertently in accessible areas; 8) Automatically maintains multiple levels of security, access, etc. to patient records; 9) Pharmaceutical related Quality Improvement helps to: — Prevent dosage errors; — Prevent handwriting misrecognition; — Prevent medication conflict
