One of the benefits that a public health agency will experience by choosing to implement the electronic health record is:
a. Facilitation of interprofessional care
b. Improved client compliance with medical regimens
c. Cost-savings to the agency
d. Compliance with JACHO standards
A
The electronic medical record facilitates interprofessional care in chronic disease management and coordination of referrals; 24-hour availability of records with downloaded laboratory results and up-to-date assessments; incorporation of protocol reminders for prevention, screening, and management of chronic disease; improvement of quality measurement and monitoring; and in-creased client safety and decline in medication errors.
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