Electronic Medical Record Systems Background

Current, the government announced that the country is to become the leader to put medical records on an electronic database or Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR). The new Electronic Medical Record Systems will replace paper records within two years.

Because of the Electronic Medical Record Systems, many people have concerned about patients' privacy and security of the system. They recommended that the government should legislate privacy and security safeguards to guarantee the patients' information or the Electronic Medical Record information.