Prior to the advent of this system, the only method available with the medical practitioners was the preservation of records on paper. The paper work posed some very serious challenges. The records preserved in the paper format were almost unable to browse if the title of a certain required file was not present since all the other information regarding a case was in a file that can be found if its title was known. The records preserved in the paper formats also needed a lot of paper and even more space to preserve these records. The musty record rooms and molds growing therein often tampered or sometimes mutilated the papers. A patient’s file could only contain a limited years of his medical history as preservation of each patients life-long span would need tens or may be hundreds of files. The study of these records, often, needed a visit to the record-room or a special instruction to the staff member to fetch these. The transportation of these records as often required, in case the patient is to be shifted at some other hospital or health care facility was not only pretty expensive, rather it also involved hours of process amidst the hectic daily routine. There would often be a separate diary for the doctor of his/her assistant to give appointments.

The electronic medical records (EMR) has not only resolved all these problems, thanks to technology. Now even life-long long records of all the patients can be saved in a laptop. Not only this but these records can also be viewed from any place in the world using internet. There is an absolute safety as the back-up copy of the software can be used to retrieve the data, even in case if the software is deleted or tampered with. The law requires all the medical facility

EMR, an abbreviation for Electronic medical records, is a a system that is employed by a lot of hospitals, healthcare units, and medical practitioners practicing independently. This system allows the medical treatment providers to maintain a digital computerized records of the patients.

Prior to the advent of this system, the only method available with the medical practitioners was the preservation of records on paper. The paper work posed some very serious challenges.

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