Patients record Maintainance

Patients Records Maintenance Name: Course title: Instructor: Institution: Date Due: Introduction Health care networks have been common especially in tandem with technological advancements. While having a synchronized network in the health care systems has its advantages, there are risks and dangers associated with it. This discussion focuses on some of the risks associated with health care networks and how this risks cab be minimized. Risks One of the dangers of a healthcare network is that records of one health institution can easily be mixed up with health records of other hospitals (Begg, 2006). This will make it difficult for patient information to be retrieved as and when wanted. Medical records are important and are used in various forums including employment and court cases. It is, therefore, important to ensure that they are easily retrieved when needed. There is also the risk of information of patients being exposed to unwarranted people. Since the system is open to many people, there is a likelihood that confidential information of customers may fall on the wrong hands. A health care n...