Advantages to using the electronic health record (EHR) include that
a. hospitals no longer need to store medical records.
b. medical records are complete and easily accessible to health care providers.
c. unit secretaries can still call for "old rec-ords."
d. diagnostic tests are not available for direct visualization.
ANS: B
The advantage of the EHR compared with the paper method is that the record is complete, easily accessible, and legible. Option A is incorrect because records continue to be stored but are stored on computer software, not paper. The other options are not true.
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