Electronic Medical Record English name and abbreviation

Electronic Medical Record (EMR, Electronic Medical Record) is also known as computerized medical record system or computer-based patient record (CPR, Computer-Based Patient Record). It is a digitized patient's medical record that is saved, managed, transmitted and reproduced using electronic devices (computers, health cards, etc.), replacing the handwritten paper medical record. Its content includes all the information of a paper medical record. The National Institute of Medicine defines an EMR as an electronic patient record based on a specific system that provides users with access to complete and accurate data, alerts, reminders, and clinical decision support systems.