EHR

(Electronic Health Record) A computerized medical record for an individual that includes data from more than one healthcare organization. The first medical records were known as "electronic medical records" (EMRs), and although both terms are often used synonymously, an EMR often refers to a single healthcare event, whereas an EHR includes the patient's history.

The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospitals intensified after the RAND corporation published a study in 2005. The research stated that America's healthcare industry was expected to save more than USD $80 billion annually and improve the quality of care when EHR became a reality.

EHR Is the Official Term
The CMS program that reimburses healthcare providers for adopting electronic records officially embraces the EHR term and requires the use of certified EHR technology (see EHR Incentive Program). See HL7, HIE, VLER and healthcare IT.

EHR

Abbreviation for:
electronic health record, see there
embryonic heart rate
environmental health review
exercise heart rate

EHR

Abbreviation for electronic health record.

record

(rek'ord) 1. A written account of something. See: problem-oriented medical record2. In dentistry, a registration of jaw relations in a malleable material or on a device.

anecdotal records

Notes used in nursing education to document observed incidents of a student's clinical behavior related to attainment of clinical learning objectives. Such anecdotal notes have not been treated as hearsay evidence in a court but have been upheld as documented evidence for failing a student.

electronic health record

Abbreviation: EHR
Electronic medical record.

electronic medical record

Abbreviation: EMR
A computerized database that typically includes demographic, past medical and surgical, preventive, laboratory and radiographic, and drug information about a patient. It is the repository for active notations about a patient's health. Most EMRs also contain billing and insurance information and other accounting tools. Synonym: electronic health record

functional chew-in record

A record of the natural chewing action of the mandible made on an occlusion rim by the teeth or scribing studs.

interocclusal record

Bite plate.

medical record

A written transcript of information obtained from a patient, guardian, or medical professionals concerning a patient's health history, diagnostic tests, diagnoses, treatment, and prognosis.

medication administration record

Abbreviation: MAR
A file maintained on hospital units that documents the schedule and dosing of medications given to patients.

open medical record

A medical record accessible by the patient for his or her personal review.

personal health record

A summary of a patient's health care status (allergies, drugs taken, past hospitalizations, lab tests, radiology results, and surgeries) that is kept by the patient privately rather than stored in a hospital or third-party database.

EHR

Acronym	Definition
EHR➣Electronic Health Records
EHR➣Education and Human Resources
EHR➣English Historical Review (UK)
EHR➣Equalities and Human Rights (UK)
EHR➣Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery (Canada)
EHR➣Ensemble Harmonique de Rungis (French musical association)
EHR➣Équipement Hors Route (French: Off Road Equipment; Canada)
EHR➣Electronic Human Resource
EHR➣Evangelicals for Human Rights (National Religious Campaign against Torture)
EHR➣Henderson City-County Airport (Henderson, KY)
EHR➣Environmental Health Review
EHR➣Employer Health Register (Work Loss Data Institute)
EHR➣Equipment History Record (OPNAVINST 4790.2)
EHR➣Explosive Hazards Reduction(s)
EHR➣Events History Recorder
EHR➣Exception Handling Routine
EHR➣Exception Handler Removal