7 Advantages of Web-Based EHR / EMR Systems
While the transition to EHR & EMR based systems has increased, so has the need for flexibility and efficiency among practitioners, doctors’ offices and medical facilities.
Following are the advantages associated with using web-based EMR/EHR systems :
Significantly Reduced IT and Implementation Costs
Fault-tolerant Hardware
Highest Level of Security
Physicians Get Remote Access to Data Updated
Patients Get Access to Their EMRs
Simplified Communication
EMR System will be more scalable
Real-time, and immediate updates
Decrease tim-cycle for build-->test-->implement
To be thorough, let's review a fiew cons:
Higher privacy risks and concerns
Greater vulnerability to hackers
Dependency on grid stability (internet outages)
Dependency on bandwidth providers