University Health Records Management

Abstract

A Health Record Management system facilitates the collection, processing, storing, accessing and retrieval of electronic record of a patient's health information. The aim of the project is to develop a record system to record and store a patient's demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, relative and family history and laboratory data reports. The Electronic Health Records (EHR) automates and streamlines the clinician's workflow and improves the quality of patient care. It also has the potential to provide substantial benefits to physicians, clinic practices and health care organisations. The proposed system has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface, including evidence- based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting. It has many resources that contribute to the ability for healthcare organizations to realize a longitudinal electronic record that spans across the continuum of healthcare. It will enhance the production of reports and quick access to the computer files. Finally the system will provide security of data by use of passwords and access privilege list to allow only authorized users to use the system.