电子病历EMR(Electronic Medical Record)是信息技术和网络技术在医疗领域应用的必然产物,是医院病案现代化管理的必然趋势。电子病历将病人的全部医疗信息以数字化形式贮存,电子病历不仅将传统的纸病历完全电子化,而且超越纸病历的管理模式,提供电子贮存、查询、统计、数据交换等。电子病历的应用将极大地提高整个社会的医疗保障水平。一应用现状电子病历在美国、英国、荷兰、日本、香港等地区已经有了相当程度的研究和应用。美国政府已在大力推广、普及电子病历应用工作,波士顿电子病历协会正在研究通过INTERNET传输急救病人的电子病历问题,匹兹堡大学医学分校用计算机化的电子病 Electronic medical record (EMR) is an inevitable result of the application of information technology and network technology in the medical field, and is an inevitable trend of hospital modernization management. The electronic medical record stores all the patient’s medical information in a digital form. The electronic medical record not only completely electronicizes the traditional paper medical record, but also surpasses the paper medical record management model to provide electronic storage, inquiry, statistics, and data exchange. The application of electronic medical records will greatly increase the level of medical security in the entire society. An application of the status quo electronic medical records in the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong and other regions have a considerable degree of research and application. The U.S. government has promoted and popularized the application of electronic medical records. The Boston EMR is studying the issue of transmitting electronic patient records for emergency patients through the Internet. The University of Pittsburgh Medical School uses computerized electronic diseases.