A digital version of the patient's chart in a clinician's office.

A digital version of the patient's chart in a clinician's office.

• A. Electronic medical record (EMR)
• B. Paper chart
• C. Health information exchange
• D. Personal health record

Answer: (A)

The digital version of a patient’s chart kept in a clinician’s office is an electronic medical record. This term refers to the computerized collection of a patient’s medical information used within a single practice or organization, including encounters, diagnoses, meds, allergies, labs, and treatment plans. It lives in the clinic’s information system and is the digital form of the chart that clinicians use during care. It’s not a paper chart, which is the physical, non-digital record. It’s not a health information exchange, which is a network designed to move information between organizations to enable sharing across settings. And it’s not a personal health record, which is a patient-owned record that individuals can view or manage, sometimes integrated with clinical data but not the clinician’s in-office chart itself.

The digital version of a patient’s chart kept in a clinician’s office is an electronic medical record. This term refers to the computerized collection of a patient’s medical information used within a single practice or organization, including encounters, diagnoses, meds, allergies, labs, and treatment plans. It lives in the clinic’s information system and is the digital form of the chart that clinicians use during care.

It’s not a paper chart, which is the physical, non-digital record. It’s not a health information exchange, which is a network designed to move information between organizations to enable sharing across settings. And it’s not a personal health record, which is a patient-owned record that individuals can view or manage, sometimes integrated with clinical data but not the clinician’s in-office chart itself.