The points made in the lecture debunks the notions that adopting electronic medical record systems have benefits of reducing cost, preventing errors, and aiding researches. Each of these benefits suggested by the reading is discussed and scrutinized in the lecture, showing that electronic medical record systems may actually be much less promising compared to the picture drawn in the passage.
To begin with, the lecturer indicated that using the electronic system does not actually reduce costs. She supported this viewpoint by showing that doctors using electronic systems still keeps paper copies of records as backups and for legal purposes. Therefore, the costs of maintaining and managing these medical records remains virtually the same when using the electronic system. This contradicts the statement in the passage that suggests that using electronic medical record systems can reduce costs.
Furthermore, the lecture indicates that using electronic medical record systems does not help avoid errors caused by poor handwriting by doctors. In fact, doctors still write on paper when in examinations. Their handwriting on these pieces of paper were later transcribed by office staff, who will have a hard time recognizing what the doctor wrote if the doctor' s handwriting was " artistic. " Therefore, adopting the electronic system does not help prevent this kind of error, as the passage claims.
Finally, concerning the ability of such electronic medical record system to aid research, the lecturer doubted how much help it can provide. She holds this opinion because there are strict privacy laws that may potentially hinder the access and use of these electronic data. Many permission are needed before a researcher could access these medical records, and this often include the consent of individual patients. So, at the end of the day, these electronic records will not be of much help if the patients declined the researchers' access.
The lecture doubts the benefits of using electronic medical record systems recorded in the passage. The lecturer provided details and reasons demonstrating that these systems does not reduce costs, cannot avoid errors, and hardly aid research.
The points made in the
lecture
debunks the notions that adopting
electronic
medical
record
systems
have benefits of reducing
cost
, preventing
errors
, and aiding researches. Each of these benefits suggested by the reading
is discussed
and scrutinized in the
lecture
, showing that
electronic
medical
record
systems
may actually be much less promising compared to the picture drawn in the passage.
To
begin
with, the lecturer indicated that using the
electronic
system
does
not actually
reduce
costs
. She supported this viewpoint by showing that
doctors
using
electronic
systems
still
keeps
paper copies of
records
as backups and for legal purposes.
Therefore
, the
costs
of maintaining and managing these
medical
records
remains
virtually
the same when using the
electronic
system
. This contradicts the statement in the passage that suggests that using
electronic
medical
record
systems
can
reduce
costs.
Furthermore
, the
lecture
indicates that using
electronic
medical
record
systems
does
not
help
avoid
errors
caused by poor handwriting by
doctors
. In fact,
doctors
still
write on paper when in examinations. Their handwriting on these pieces of paper were later transcribed by office staff, who will have a
hard
time recognizing what the
doctor
wrote if the
doctor&
#039; s handwriting was
"
; artistic.
"
;
Therefore
, adopting the
electronic
system
does
not
help
prevent
this kind of
error
, as the passage claims.
Finally
, concerning the ability of such
electronic
medical
record
system
to aid research, the lecturer doubted how much
help
it can provide. She holds this opinion
because
there are strict privacy laws that may
potentially
hinder the access and
use
of these
electronic
data.
Many permission
are needed
before
a researcher could access these
medical
records
, and this
often
include the consent of individual patients.
So
, at the
end
of the day, these
electronic
records
will not be of much
help
if the patients declined the
researchers&
#039; access.
The
lecture
doubts the benefits of using
electronic
medical
record
systems
recorded in the passage. The lecturer provided
details
and reasons demonstrating that these
systems
does
not
reduce
costs
, cannot avoid
errors
, and hardly aid research.