Technology holds such an immense significance today that it has changed the entire narrative of human lives. There is hardly any sector leftwhere technology has not proved its worth. Digital tools including Electronic Health Record (EHR) have huge potential to change paradigm of healthcare delivery system, writes Mukul Kumar Mishra of Elets News Network (ENN) providing insight about various facets of EHR and its applications.
With the Government focusing more on digital aspect of deliverables through Digital India like initiatives, healthcare sector is making big strides in this direction.
Digital health is also being used as a facilitator, enabling healthcare service providers to cater finest care available at people’s doorstep.
According to Julius Raj Stephen, Senior Vice President – Operations, Omega Healthcare Management Service Pvt. Ltd., “Technology has transformed not just the business paradigm but the very way we function and live. This transformational effect of technology has certainly made its way into the healthcare industry with many advancements facilitating improvised patient care.”
A section of experts believes that in the next decade or so, everything from doctors’ appointment to diagnosis, lab reports to treatment options, majority of service deliveries will be digitalised, providing quick and better patient care to people at large.
“With digitisation making businesses function in a paperless environment, the healthcare industry is also slowly making a shiftto Electronic Health Record (EHR). This allows for an individual’s minute health information to be compiled and stored on a single platform,” says Stephen.
Our world has been radically transformed by digital technology – smartphones, laptops and webenabled devices have changed our daily lives and the way we communicate, opines Neha Lal, Senior General Manager - Operations & HR, GCS Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ahmedabad.
DIGITAL TOOL BOOSTS PATIENT CARE
The fundamental unit of digital healthcare is the EHR (Electronic Health Record) which holds potential to fill in the existing gaps in healthcare sector on many fronts.
This story is from the April 2019 / Volume 14 - Issue 4 edition of eHEALTH.
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