Electronic Medical Records are now working in US

Medical professionals are working to streamline medical records. This helps save time and reduce errors. Bay Medical Center is working to implement a secure, comprehensive medical record.

Tina Menna, Director of Clinical Informatics at Bay Medical Center. She says physicians can now enter their orders directly into the computer, and that information is then available almost instantaneously.

The hospital also uses CABS, which are computers at the bedside. Using these allows for bedside bar coding of medications. There’s also a provider portal where physicians outside the hospital can access the information and records to help make decisions on a specific patient’s care. This can be helpful if you travel and for follow-up care with a doctor.

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