EHR

abbreviation or noun

ˌē-ˌāch-ˈär 

plural EHRs

: a digital collection of a patient's medical information (such as medications, immunizations, lab results, or diagnoses) : electronic health record

… American researchers have developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk of sepsis within 48 hours. They explained that the predictive models used routine electronic health record (EHR) data from the first four hours the child spent in the emergency department …

—Stephen Beech

More than just notes from a single care provider, EHRs also include a range of functionalities … and can be shared among multiple providers such as laboratories and specialists.

—International Organization for Standardization

Examples of EHR in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The scribe's note is often then integrated into the provider's EHR. —Michelle Andrews, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026

Embed virtual care and hospital-at-home solutions directly into the EHR and daily operations instead of running standalone applications that add complexity. —David Chou, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

While the market is hot for AI tools, athenahealth’s success won’t be clear until its solutions hit the EHR next year. —Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

Epic, one of the largest private technology companies in the country, is best known for its electronic health record, or EHR, software. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above