6. Th e EMR has many advantages compared with paper charting. It helps track data through time and can help monitor things such as preventative care in primary care practices. Jane is the offi ce nurse in a local practice. She is meeting a new patient for the very fi rst time who informs her that he was recently hospitalized. Jane pulls up the patient ’ s EMR and sees no information regarding his recent hospital stay. How could this have happened?

1. Th e patient ’ s discharge was so recent that it is not available yet.

2. EMRs are usually practice or hospital specifi

c, so the patient ’ s information would not be accessible to Jane.

3. Th e patient was hospitalized out of state.

4. Th e patient has not signed the necessary consents to give Jane access.