Readiness of Electronic Health Records for the Cloud Network

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].