EHR Proposal Cecilia Gustafson HCIS 140 University of Phoenix

Many people are quite used to visiting their physician, relaying the ailments prompting the visit, and having the physician write copious notes throughout the appointment to capture all that is being said by the patient, concluding with the physicians diagnosis and treatment options. The patient may walk away with an appointment to a specialist and one or more prescriptions to take to the local pharmacy. The patient may visit the specialist, relaying the ailments prompting the visit as was done with the original doctor, while the specialist is writing copious notes to capture all that is being said. The patient might then walk away with additional prescriptions to take to the local pharmacy to fill and other treatment...