The Importance of Securing Electronic Health Records

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Introduction

Electronic health records (EHR) are a digital form of patient paper charts containing treatment and medical history of patients in a healthcare system or facility. There has been a big challenge in keeping HER data sensitive in a separate location and one form. Most governments in various countries have introduced the HER to keep health records safer for the future and patient’s health history. Even though the EHR has many advantages and is more cost-effective, a lot of security issues have been raised regarding safety control to keep the EHR. According to the research by (Cao et al., 2020) these documents are essential and cannot be underrated.

The use of paper record-keeping in most health care systems around the world has led to a massive challenge, and the introduction or shifting to the HER will vastly improve…