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The electronic medical record (EMR) at its best is a great tool for medical providers needing to access patient files from wherever they are. A family practice physician can instantly send a patient’s chart to an emergency room physician, who can then get instant access to results of an MRI from the radiologist so that important decisions about the patient’s care can be made in a timely manner.
EMR has the potential to allow access to thousands of patient records at once for researchers to determine and predict trends, to see what treatment is or is not working for patients with similar fact patterns, and to assist in the diagnosing of new diseases and the tracking of new pandemic trends.