The intelligent use and clinical benefits of electronic medical records in multiple sclerosis

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2015 Feb;11(2):205-11. doi: 10.1586/1744666X.2015.991314. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Abstract

Electronic medical records (EMRs) are being quickly adopted in clinics around the world. This advancement can greatly enhance the clinical care of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by providing formats that allow easier review of medical documents and more structured avenues to store relevant information. MS clinicians should be involved with implementing and updating EMRs at their institutions to ensure EMR formats that benefit MS clinics. EMRs also provide opportunities for research studies of MS to access detailed, longitudinal data of MS disease course that would otherwise be difficult to collect.

Keywords: electronic medical records; multiple sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
  • Multiple Sclerosis*