What is EMR?
EMR is an anacroym for (E)lectronic (M)edical (R)ecords. EMR can actually cover quite a range of items. EMR can be an electronic wrist band containing a person's vital medical data. It can also be the complete set of "notes" your doctor records during your visit entered into a database during your visit. Taking paper records and scanning them into a electronic version is a form of EMR.
Benefits of EMR?
Our office went to EMR just over 5 years ago.