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ElEctronic MEdical rEcord tEchnology at clEvEland clinic:


Supporting the coordinated delivery of quality healthcare to patientS everywhere


By: Jonathan Schaffer, MD


practice, Cleveland Clinic’s ‘patients first’ model of care is centered on our ability to coordinate the special skills and knowledge of the right clinical specialists to address a given patient’s unique needs. To support this kind of coordinated healthcare delivery system, Cleveland Clinic’s electronic medical record system includes a number of secure technology-based tools that work together to connect our physicians, our hospitals and other facilities, our patients, and the physicians in


F 006 HOSPITAL BUILD & INFRASTRUCTURE mHEALTH SUPPLEMENT 2012


rom its very beginning nearly a decade ago, Cleveland Clinic’s secure electronic medical record (EMR) system was designed specifically to support the coordinated delivery of high quality medical care for patients. As a multidisciplinary group medical


private practice with whom we are proud to work whenever and wherever a connection is required. Cleveland Clinic’s secure, MyPractice electronic medical record


system, which is in use in all of Cleveland Clinic’s regional hospitals and northeast Ohio Family Health Center locations, ensures that every physician, nurse, pharmacist, or other authorized Cleveland Clinic healthcare professional involved in a patient’s care always works from the same accurate, updated information source. And it supports the ability of our physicians to make the best treatment decisions possible with automated medication alerts and preventive health maintenance activity reminders.


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