Usage of Electronic Health Record (ehr)

Starting from the scientist’s imagination of “a living machine”, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has now become a part of our daily lives and had a major influence on changes in all fields. Referring to data presented by International Data Corporation (IDC), AI systems and cognitive computing are estimated to earn up to $ 12.5 billion in 2017, and they are predicted to continue along with the increase of massive use of AI (Galanos, 2018). Electronic Health Record (EHR), longitudinal electronic records containing patient health information, is one of the examples AI application in health care sector. EHR was developed by American Healthcare System to help them manage all clinical data including; demographic data, medications history, immunisations, until laboratory data from all of the hospitals in the US. It was designed to replace the old Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system into a sharing data system, both as cloud-based or location based format. EHR is considered as an effective tool to share the data beyond all healthcare providers due to its ability to gather all data in a real-time data processing. The history behind health record system began at 1,600-3,000 BC when ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions were translated into the use of medical records. The increasing awareness on the documentation of a patient’s medical history influenced health care practitioner to invent a paper-based system. Usage of Electronic Health Record (ehr)