A problem with the use of EHR is the privacy of health information for patients and if that information is safe. The Department of Health and Human Services reported that 64 organizations were facing a gap in the medical records of patients over the past 6 months according to ModernHealthcare.com . HHS is required to post any offense involving the medical records of 500 people or more.
Nearly two-thirds of the offenses were due to theft of a recording storage device while the pirates accounted for only three percent of offenses. Laptops faces the largest number of violations followed by paper documents and desktops.
People are not only concerned about the privacy of health care in the EHR, but many health care providers feel they can not be as effective as commonly reported. A number of doctors felt that they spend more time on their computers than they are with patients.
Of course, the effectiveness and efficiency in EHR must still be developed. But hopefully they will save time for physicians while providing better care. Legislation on health insurance requires health care providers to use EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements over the next years, so that the problems now need to be developed.
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