What are the disadvantages of using conventional paper-based medical records?
The conventional paper-based medical record has several limitations. Although this traditional method is useful for solving medical issues, recording details about patients, tracking down patients and coordinating healthcare process, it still has some disadvantages. These types of records are often badly indexed and sometimes illegible, because these records are hand written. There also might be errors and fragmentation. The most disadvantageous factor of using this method is that the medical record would be accessible to only one person at a time. These medical records cannot be made available to everyone at the same time.
