electronic health record
noun
plural electronic health records
: a digital collection of a patient's medical information (such as medications, immunizations, lab results, or diagnoses) : EHR
Electronic health records have become essential tools in medicine, replacing the rooms full of paper documents that were hard to maintain and subject to fires and other losses.—
Karen Weintraub
Karen WeintraubFor our staff and providers, having one electronic health record means one login and one point of access for all patient information. For patients, it means having one portal for all medical records …—John Wilcox, quoted at Morris (Illinois) Daily Herald
John Wilcox, quoted at Morris (Illinois) Daily HeraldExamples of electronic health record in a Sentence
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In March, Mount Sinai, which employs 47,000 people, announced a new enterprise partnership with OpenEvidence to directly link to the service from the hospital system’s main electronic health record portal for use by doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Hundreds of hospitals had adopted an algorithm from electronic health record company Epic that promised to alert physicians to predicted cases of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection that kills more than 350,000 people in the United States every year.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 12 May 2026
Arizona's rural fund budget, which is $167 million for the first year, allocates up to about $30 million for medical diagnostic equipment and technology upgrades, including to electronic health records, specifically for rural health care facilities.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Less than 1% of adults were tested for it in the U.S. in 2024, and testing was concentrated in a handful of states, according to one study of electronic health records.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
The network uses electronic health records from nine US health systems to monitor vaccine effectiveness from season to season in various age groups.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
In health, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are supplying data infrastructure services to health-care providers, and are involved in home medical surveillance, electronic health records, predictive measures for infectious diseases, wearables for clinical studies, and more.
—Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026
Elimination Of Critical Data Silos Sky Computing could solve data silos for electronic health records.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
After Hurricane Katrina, the potential flooding of hospital basements where paper medical records are typically stored was touted as a good reason for moving to electronic health records.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2012
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Hundreds of hospitals had adopted an algorithm from electronic health record company Epic that promised to alert physicians to predicted cases of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection that kills more than 350,000 people in the United States every year.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 12 May 2026
Arizona's rural fund budget, which is $167 million for the first year, allocates up to about $30 million for medical diagnostic equipment and technology upgrades, including to electronic health records, specifically for rural health care facilities.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Less than 1% of adults were tested for it in the U.S. in 2024, and testing was concentrated in a handful of states, according to one study of electronic health records.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
The network uses electronic health records from nine US health systems to monitor vaccine effectiveness from season to season in various age groups.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
In health, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are supplying data infrastructure services to health-care providers, and are involved in home medical surveillance, electronic health records, predictive measures for infectious diseases, wearables for clinical studies, and more.
—Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026
Elimination Of Critical Data Silos Sky Computing could solve data silos for electronic health records.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
After Hurricane Katrina, the potential flooding of hospital basements where paper medical records are typically stored was touted as a good reason for moving to electronic health records.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2012
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“Electronic health record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20health%20record. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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