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pathPage(Background, background, Electronic medical records); buildLHmenus(); Electronic Medical Records contents Preamble Terms Definitions Key capabilities Benefits Barriers Issues Interoperability Standards References seeAlso() E-health EMR deployment programmes National lT programmes for healthcare Public reports on EMRs Public reports on E-health e-prescribing Medical terminologies --> seeAlsoEnd() Preamble Paper-based records have been in existence for centuries * and their gradual replacement by computer-based records has been slowly underway for over twenty years in western healthcare systems. Computerised information systems have not achieved the same degree of penetration in healthcare as that seen in other sectors such as finance, transport and the manufacturing and retail industries. Further, deployment has varied greatly from country to country and from speciality to specialty and in may cases has revolved around local systems design...
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