In a medical emergency situation, having access to quality patient data is vital to making life-saving decisions. Yet many ER physicians are challenged because patients typically cannot provide important information such as prior treatments, medications or related symptoms. Watch how urgent care physicians in Memphis are successfully using electronic health records and a Health Information Exchange to gain instant access to patients' sometimes complex medical histories to make accurate diagnoses.
Watch Video (Duration 10:08)Communities across the nation face significant hurdles offering quality medical care when a hospital or medical center is not nearby. Providers often struggle to obtain even basic medical information on their patients because paper documents are not complete, primary physicians are in another town, or patients simply don’t remember. Discover how rural health clinics in Shelby County, Tennessee are using electronic health records and a Health Information Exchange to ensure they have the right information at the right place at the right time for the right patient…with tangible results.
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