EHR Fundamentals and Core Functions

Descripción

Most healthcare professionals interact with electronic health record (EHR) systems every day. These systems play a critical role in supporting safe and effective patient care. This course will teach you the fundamentals of EHR systems. You will learn how patient information is captured, organized, and shared to support clinical care and administrative workflows. You will explore common interface structures, patient record navigation, and foundational data entry principles that promote accuracy and help prevent errors. You will also review core functional areas, including patient demographics, clinical documentation, orders, results, and communication tools. Through realistic scenarios, you will apply EHR concepts to common workplace situations and understand how workflow decisions affect the quality and reliability of health information. This course is designed for anyone seeking a foundational understanding of EHR systems, whether in administrative, clinical, or health information management roles. By focusing on core concepts that apply across EHR platforms, this course provides a foundation for working with a wide range of EHR systems.