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Electronic medical record

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002738

An electronic (digital) collection of medical information about a person that is stored on a computer. An electronic medical record includes information about a patient’s health history, such as diagnoses, medicines, tests, allergies, immunizations, and treatment plans. Electronic medical records can be seen by all health care providers who are taking care of a patient and can be used by them to help make recommendations about the patient’s care. Also called EHR and electronic health record.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002738
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsEHR; electronic health record
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/electronic-medical-record/"
}

Record 6,527 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.