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

For 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

Examples of electronic health record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The adoption of electronic health records didn’t eliminate all administrative and clinical roles. — Mudit Garg, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Yale’s PopHIVE combines traditional government data sources with information from electronic health records and other sources to provide a timely picture of population health that is less impacted by government shutdowns or political priorities. — Deb Houry, Time, 5 Aug. 2026

On July 21, the CPSC announced changes to the NEISS to POLITICO, including the system automatically pulling information and data from electronic health records. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Technology companies are using electronic health records, digital tools, and physician networks to expand trials beyond academic medical centers and conduct real-time clinical trials that accelerate enrollment and improve patient access. — David Shulkin, STAT, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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