What are the primary purposes and benefits of EHRs (select all that apply)?
a. Single source of clinical, financial, and legal record
b. Electronic format supports the storage and exchange of continuity of care
c. Available within the health care facility to ensure confidentiality
d. Originate from a single place
e. Virtual record of retrospective, concurrent, and prospective information
A, B, E
The purpose of an EHR is to document patient care in a single repository as a clinical, financial, and legal record. The electronic digital format supports the storage and exchange of the continu-ity of care document from the record that is accessible and available among health care members regardless of their location. The EHR is a virtual record of retrospective, concurrent, and pros-pective information to support continuous, efficient, and integrated health care (Hayrinena et al., 2008).
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