Computer-Generated Medical Records.

Potential to computer-generated medical records is the ability to retain all or most of the patient records for 5 and/or more years, which may seem unwieldy, but it makes the task feasible, while also increasing the efficiency for many other health information management processes. Huge medical centers are generating more than 100,000 orders a week. Computers-generated medical records heal in retrieving demographic information and consultants’ reports, as well as laboratory, radiology, and other test results. It helps in reducing costs, improve productivity and quality of medical records delivery, support medical and clinical research, allow for interactive computer-assisted diagnosis and treatment, allow for computer-generated prescriptions, generate reminders for follow-up testing, assist in the decision-making process, aid in standardizing treatment protocols, et cetera. While problems associated with medical computerized records are the costs of investments in operating, maintaining and owning computers. Computerization of medical records increases the risk of lost confidentiality and unauthorized disclosure of information. With the increasing growth in technology, internet and social networking, it has led to an explosion of high cybercrime and other illegally but medically related activities.