Electronic Health Records

The medical community has begun using electronic health records (EHR) as an alternative to paper records (Gunter & Terry, 2005). While there are many benefits to this, there are also concerns with hacking and security. Another concern is how patients get copies of these records, because they want to make sure that they are able to access information that is rightfully theirs. It should also be able to be transferred to other doctors and hospitals easily, and provided to people who are legitimately allowed to have it -- such as family members or friends that a person has specifically authorized to view his or her medical information. Doctors and hospitals that like having the EHRs prefer them because the information can be sent to another person so quickly and accessed almost anywhere, making it convenient during emergencies (Gunter & Terry, 2005). These EHRs also reduce the need...
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