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

More notably, o1 performed as well or better than two Harvard internists in generating differential diagnoses based on EHR data for 76 real-world emergency cases. —Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Better Access to Modern Treatment The investment in EHR is particularly significant. —Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026

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

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