Electronic Student Medical Records
By: Amber Hawkins
In all aspects of life, technology is advancing and continuing to dominate our society. The goal of these technological advancements essentially aspires to streamline our daily tasks, while assisting with responsibilities and providing a variety of new capabilities.
The healthcare industry is generally the slowest industry to accept change and adapt to these technological innovations, yet in the last few years the healthcare industry has proven to be rapidly catching on to these developments in hospitals, physicians offices, and now clinics and academic health centers adapting to electronic student medical records.
“Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator. And change has its enemies”. This is a quote from Robert Kennedy. Although change is not always easy, there have been proven benefits to incorporating technology into your health center environment, including electronic student medical records within school health centers.
There are tangible benefits to not only school nurses using the EMR, but to the school’s staff and to parents of the students attending the school.
Nurses will see a more streamlined, yet flexible workflow. Reduced documentation and more time to focus on student care.
School administration will have a significant risk and liability reduction and cost benefits, eliminating the money spent on paper, mailing, labor during the summer months. Parents will be impressed by the state of the art technology that will add to the quality of care for their students. Parents will also never have to rewrite the information year after year for their students, they will have access to update their child’s information at anytime, therefore saving them time and offering ease to the enrollment process.
Do not get left behind! Search online for electronic student medical records and how they can assist you in your health center.
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