What are the limitations of Digital health records?

Digital health records are the patient’s paper health records in an electronic format. Even if they have many advantages, it might be challenging to ignore any possible drawbacks.

Since some physicians believe this technology is inconvenient, they have hesitated to adopt it. Physician burnout has been caused as a result of spending more time working with the system than with patients. Data input and maintenance burden has also increased due to the lack of skilled labour. Productivity loss has been observed during the early phases of technology adoption.

Financial concerns have also exacerbated the acceptability in specific locations. A difficult administrative and financial situation is created by the fact that they are buying and installing hardware and software, providing training and maintenance, and upgrading machines to keep up with evolving technology.

Privacy of patient data and cybersecurity are equally crucial. Data breaches and manipulation have happened in several cases.

Patient record matching issues – When two patients have the same name, forms could be mixed disastrously.

Data missing: Some patient data, such as physical activity and food, may not be recorded in EHRs, and these data might produce inaccurate results when used in research analysis.

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