Abstract:
Electronic Health Record (EHR) can be defined as the electronic
record that stores patient’s medical history information in a health
record system, accessible and managed by both care providers and
patients [1]. EHR has been in existence for over twenty (20) years now
but its use has been restricted to few healthcare institutions due to
high implementation cost and an unknown return on investment. The
benefits of electronic health records (EHR) far outweighs that of paper
records and thus makes it the obvious option for storing patient records.
The high cost of EHRs and the little financial rewards are mentioned as
the leading obstacle to adoption [2,3].
