Identifying the Needs and Benefits of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System through Research, Development, and Implementation

DOI: 10.5176/978-981-08-6308-1_31

Authors: Arshia Khan, Arif Ahmed, Kimona Kousins, Ritika Jhangiani, Shinjini Kar, Michael Lewis

Abstract:

India is a developing country with an advanced technical base and skill set. Although the technical growth is large, medical provision to the entire country is still a challenge. The low income population in rural and urban areas is often deprived of organized medical facilities, resulting in improper and inadequate patient care and medical development. To resolve this matter we propose the implementation of an EMR system. An EMR system is “an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one healthcare organization.”(NAHIT, 2008, 6). This system is an efficient method to organize the healthcare system in the rural areas to provide patient care under monitored, documented and advanced conditions.