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.

Elaborate on ANY FIVE (5) benefits that come with the implementation of electronic records management systems within the healthcare sector.