Improving Clinical Documentation: Introduction of Electronic Health Records in Paediatrics.

Medical records are crucial facet of a patients journey. These provide the clinician with a permanent record of the patients illness and ongoing medical care, thus enabling informed clinical decisions. In many hospitals, patient medical records are written on paper. However, written notes are liable to misinterpretation due to illegibility and misplacement. This can affect the patients medical care and has medico-legal implications. Electronic patient records (EPR) have been gradually introduced to replace patients paper notes with the aim of providing a more reliable record-keeping system.

QUESTION 2 (10 Marks)

The pervasiveness of systems for the management of information comes with many security implications. Briefly explain ANY FIVE (5) threats to electronic health records