Medical health care 2018

One of the uses of information technology in the health field that became a trend in the global healthcare is an electronic medical record. In Indonesia, known for its Electronic Medical Record. The Electronic Medical record is already widely used in various hospitals in the world as a substitute or a complement medical health record-shaped paper.

Administratively useful as electronic medical record storage shed information electronically about the health status and health service obtained the patient throughout his life. In addition, the use of electronic medical record provides benefits to doctors and health workers in accessing patient information that ultimately assists in clinical decision making. Medical record-keeping is mandatory for doctors and dentists who perform medical actions to patients, according to the rules so there is no reason for doctors not to make the medical record. The electronic medical record is a great solution for hospitals to cope with the various problems that often occur in the hospital as a great storage place, the loss of the medical record, spending the required data, and others.


Despite their many benefits, in the United States and a number of other countries the use of Electronic Medical Record systems is very little, just 15-20 percent of physicians who adopt Electronic Medical Record system and 20-25 percent of the hospitals, it is due to the use of Electronic Medical Record systems requires high cost and requires a bigger investment than the RM paper, for hardware and software as well as ancillary costs), the lack of certification and standardization, concerns about privacy and the existence of concerns who will finance this electronic Medical Record System.

In 2003 the RAND Health Information Technology started doing studies to better understand the role and importance of Electronic Medical Record in improving health services and inform the Government in order to maximize the benefits of Electronic Medical record and improve its use. The results of research conducted by Richard et al, among others:

Increased productivity: use of Electronic Medical Record systems can reduce costs
Efficiency: Electronic Medical Record system is adopted, can reduce the existing resources to improve the quality of service
Reduce the incidence of side effects of the drug in inpatient treatment and outpatient
The use of preventive care to HIT the short term.
Electronic Medical Record systems can integrate evidence-based recommendations for preventive services (such as screening exam) and patient data (such as age, gender, and family history) to identify patients who need specific services. This system can remind the service provider to offer the service for regular visits and remind patients to schedule treatment.
Using HIT for handling short-term chronic diseases.
Electronic Medical Record system can be instrumental during the process of management of diseases (for high-risk patients, case management system helps the workflow coordination, including communications among several specialists and patients)

Health care is a process associated with prevention, treatment, and management of illness and also the process of stabilization of the mentally, physically, and spiritually through service offered by organizations, institutions, and professional unit medicine,

The health system is one of the world's largest industrial sectors with the fastest annual growth, spending approximately 8.9% of GDP of developed countries every year.

There are still many obstacles faced by the current health services to those who cannot afford the costs of hospitals, an awful lot of trouble for people who cannot afford with the requirements that are difficult.