Assignment: Benefits and Drawbacks of a Web-Based EHR System TIP: Please see the Lesson Content and Rubric in the attachment for additional information. Using your favorite web search engine enter the

Week 8- Assignment, Rubric & Lesson Content

Assignment: Benefits and Drawbacks of a Web-Based EHR System

TIP: Please see the Lesson Content and Rubric in the attachment for additional information.

Using your favorite web search engine enter the terms, “web-based EHR.”

Review at least three articles written by authors, including vendor statements.

Answer the following questions in a 2-4-page essay:

Identify at least three benefits of a web-based solution to an EHR. Why could this approach be better for a practice than housing their EHR onsite?

Identify and discuss at least two drawbacks to a web-based solution. What should providers consider before deciding if a web or cloud-based EHR would be best for their practices?

Finally, consider how using a web-based EHR would affect your disaster and contingency plans for a medical practice. What might be easier and what might be more difficult about having the medical information housed offsite in case of natural disaster or emergency?

Be sure to include identifying information for authors and sites visited in a Reference section of your essay. Your essay should be 2-4 pages in length, APA format with In- text citations.

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Lesson Content:

Your assignments will be focusing on a web-based EHR system, so be sure that you know the difference between web-based and on site EHR system to do the assignments correctly.  Very simply put, web-based are often thought of as in the cloud and on site are when all of the servers are on site and usually owned and supported by the healthcare organization.  You will want to do the research and readings to get into more detail on this.