Safeguarding Children’s Digital Health Records

Safeguarding Children’s Digital Health Records

“Doctors must be acquainted with the merits and demerits before venturing into a clinic management software coupled with digital health records”

Treatment And Technology

It is no longer a futuristic concept for doctors to accommodate technology in their treatment, but instead it is the need of the hour for practitioners. Hence, the new-age method of digitization meant for converting challenges into opportunities, is thereby leading to better avenues for both patients and doctors alike.

Digital Health Records

However, digital practicing does put immense focus on understanding the overall dynamics of how a doctor can use technological means that will prove beneficial in treating patients. Nevertheless, for the same, doctors must be acquainted with the merits and demerits before venturing into a clinic management software coupled with digital health records.

Children’s Health Records

In terms of choosing an appropriate method, the doctor must first understand how best suited it is to the mode of practice being provided to patients. In the sector of child healthcare, parents seek full accountability when it comes to their children’s health and thus tend to be demanding in terms of having full access and control over their child’s health records which can be made available digitally. So, here are a few guidelines to safeguard digital health records.

Dos

  • Ensure all recent records are updated online as soon as the consultation is over.
  • To preserve records, opt for clouds- based systems and share the child health records with parents so that it can be accessed in case of an emergency, like hardware break down or any possible network issue.
  • Upload articles and records in a chronological format either by date or month, so that you can go through the pattern in a sequential manner for better understanding of a health issue and arrive at a relevant diagnosis.
  • Keep physical records too, like hard copies as an alternative along with soft copies, as technology cannot be relied upon at all times.

Don’ts

  • Don’t provide access to the records or anything pertaining to the records to sources you are not familiar with.
  • Maintain all the health records digitally and don’t forget to keep a file for the same in case of emergency.

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