EHR : The tool for medical incentive

If there is a “meaningful use” of EHR by the nurses and physicians then they have to prove it to get the medical incentive payments.” Meaningful use” of EHR includes
1. Security
2. Conversion of older record
3. Legal status.
Privacy is the major issue in when the record handled electronically. There is multiple access point in EHR. Multiple points are over an open network like the internet increases possible patient data interception. This class of the information is termed as Protected Health Information. The management has the responsibility to provide and that access to information only to authorized parties. Information technology practices have been established for computer networks, but it is the challenging job to get this technology in wireless network.
Conversion of older record is difficult and time consuming work in case of EHR. The digital scanning process should capture the hand written documents in legible manner. Some of the documents had been generated by different health care professional which are illegible so that conversion by EHR is difficult.
Some of the legal documents like test report, physician order should be authenticated by the creator. Digital signature which is called as electronic signature is authenticated by this device and identifies the signer with the signed document.

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