Impact of EHRs Implementation in the USA

The emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) has opened new opportunities for the development of effective health care services and consistently better information processing compared to the use of conventional paper health records. The introduction of electronic health records aimed at the improvement of the information processing and quality of health care services. EHRs allow collecting information about patients and record all health-related issues. This information may be helpful for the treatment of patients and prevention of dangerous side-effects caused by their specific health issues, such as allergic reactions on certain medicaments. However, the introduction of EHRs raised the problem of the legal regulation which, in a way, persists till now, because technologies have surpassed the legislation. In response, the HIPAA and other regulations were introduced to enhance the protection of the private information of patients and secure new information technologies used in the field of health care, including EHRs. Therefore, the introduction of EHRs turned out to be very effective in terms of the enhancement of the quality and efficiency of health care services being delivered to patients, but the appearance of EHRs require the enhancement of the legislation to protect the private information of patients.Impact of EHRs Implementation in the USA