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Electronic Health Records Access During a Disaster

Author(s) -

Kevin Horahan,

Herman Morchel,

Murad Raheem,

Lee Stevens,

Steven J Pawlak

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v5i3.4826

Subject(s) - health records , medical emergency , medical record , storm , health care , scale (ratio) , business , medicine , quality (philosophy) , geography , political science , cartography , philosophy , epistemology , meteorology , law , radiology

As has been demonstrated previously, medical care providers that employ an electronic health records (EHR) system provide more appropriate, cost effective care. Those providers are also better positioned than those who rely on paper records to recover if their facility is damaged as a result of severe storms, fires, or other events. The events surrounding Superstorm Sandy in 2012 made it apparent that, with relatively little additional effort and investment, health care providers with EHR systems may be able to use those systems for patient care purposes even during disasters that result in damage to buildings and facilities, widespread power outages, or both.

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