Unique Electronic Health Records (EHR) Needs in the Healthcare Setting

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Discuss various health care settings and their unique needs relating to EHRs
Electronic health records (EHRs) are very important when it comes to the improvement of the safety of patients in hospitals. In America, hospitals and other medical facilities have implemented the EHRs in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The unique safety that the EHRs poses should be considered as beneficial to healthcare systems. Electronic health records (EHRs) have improved both acute and ambulatory care setting in hospitals. These records have also improved health care outcomes and have also reduced healthcare costs (Gliklichm, et.al). These systems can exchange interoperable health data and information and this, in turn, improves the quality of care provided. Electronic health records (EHRs) also assist in planning and optimizing the use of information technology in hospitals. They support patient-centered care and also enhances patient and family engagement. They are also very important in clinical decision making (Zhang, et.al). The EHR systems are very beneficial to the rural communities because they assist in collecting, ...