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Commentary on the adoption of the electronic health record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2010

Jeffrey R. Boris
Jeffrey R. Boris*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: J. R. Boris, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States of America. Tel: 267 426 2882; Fax: 267 426 5324; E-mail: borisj@email.chop.edu
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Abstract

The promise of the electronic health record is to provide multiple functions including the ability to easily share information among providers, the ability to order studies, the ability to improve the safety of patients, and the ability to coordinate plans of care. Efforts to achieve these goals face multiple challenges including large expenditures of money, large expenditures of time and effort, and a persistent communication gap between the designers and the users of these electronic medical records.

Keywords

Paediatric cardiologymedical recordelectronic medical record
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue S3: Rare and Challenging Congenital Cardiac Lesions: an Interdisciplinary Approach , December 2010 , pp. 140 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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References

1. The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). http://www.hitsp.org/, accessed 30 July, 2010.Google Scholar
2. The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®). http://www.cchit.org/, accessed 30 July, 2010.Google Scholar