Healthcare Informatics

This unit’s discussion will focus on sharing experiences that you have encountered so far in utilizing the EMR system in your pediatric clinical rotation. You should address how the system promotes safety, improves patient outcomes, monitors growth and development and includes pediatric-specific recommended core functionalities in Pediatric Electronic Health Records. Include your appraisal of the system and the Core Functionality in Pediatric Electronic Health Records. Please post your initial response and respond to your classmates for a rich conversation.

Answer preview

The Electronic Medical Record System (EMR) refers to the electronic storage of health-related information of a patient that can be gathered, created, consulted, and managed by clinicians and other medical practitioners within a health care organization. The EMR system documents health records, including pediatric clinical rotation…

 

(400 words)