An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital version of a patient's paper medical chart. An EHR contains the patient's medical history, diagnoses, medications, allergies, immunizations, lab tests, exams, photos, and more. EHRs allow authorized healthcare providers to securely access a patient's information electronically. This improves care coordination and makes health information instantly available across different healthcare organizations. EHR adoption among US doctors has increased in recent years due to federal incentives that aim to improve patient care through "Meaningful Use" of certified EHR systems.

1. What Are Electronic Health
Records (EHRs)?

2. Table of Contents
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+ What is an EHR? 3
+ Contents of an EHR 7
+ Benefits of EHRs 9
+ EHRs and Meaningful Use 11
+ Resources 12

3. It contains all the information you’d find in
a paper chart — and a lot more.
An electronic health record (EHR) is a
digital record of health information.
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4. What is an EHR
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An EHR makes health
information instantly
accessible to authorized
providers across
practices and health
organizations, helping to
inform clinical decisions
and coordinate care.

5. Less than a decade ago, nine out
of ten U.S. doctors updated their
patients' records by hand and
stored them in color-coded files.*
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*http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/19/stateline-electronic-health-records/6600377/

6. In 2014, there’s an overall EHR adoption
rate of 61% nationwide, up from 50.3%
from the prior year.*
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*http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140324005139/en/Small-Medical-Offices-Lead-Growth-EHR-Adoption#.U72tFPldV1B

7. Contents of an EHR
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EHRs contain past medical history, including:
+ Vital signs
+ Diagnoses
+ Medications
+ Allergies

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EHRs can also contain:
+ Progress notes
+ Immunization dates
+ Lab data
+ Imaging reports
+ Insurance information
+ Demographic information
+ Data imported from personal wellness devices

9. - HealthIT.gov
“EHRs can improve health care quality.
[They] can also make health care more
convenient for providers and patients.”
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10. Benefits of EHRs
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A single EHR can bring together information from:
+ Current and past doctors
+ Emergency facilities
+ School and workplace clinics
+ Pharmacies
+ Laboratories
+ Medical imaging facilities

11. EHRs and Meaningful Use
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+ An EHR is necessary to
meet Meaningful Use
requirements
+ Recent legislation offers
providers awards and
incentives for using
certified EHRs to improve
Medicare and Medicaid
patient care

12. Resources
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+ To learn more about the Practice Fusion EHR, watch this
quick overview video:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM-pC1U9Y4k
+ Learn more about Meaningful Use with our free guide:
 http://www.practicefusion.com/meaningful-use/
+ Set up a completely free, web-based EHR from Practice
Fusion in less than 5 minutes:
 https://www.practicefusion.com/signup/