In the past few years, there has been huge progress in network and communicationtechnologies, and today advancements in these technologies havemade pervasive computing a reality. Because of this rapid growth, developmentof different applications that range from entertainment and educationalto smart games have been possible. Life has turned out to be simplewith this.
One of the important social needs in this fastest growing lifeis Healthcare. Due to increasing population of the world, it is becomingdifficult for the healthcare centre to provide good health services to thishuge population. By integrating these advanced technologies into existinghealthcare system, a better health care service can be provided to the society,especially in the urban and rural areas. A greatly improved healthmanagement system can be given to our general public. The health caresystem has long been plagued by problems such as diagnoses being writtenillegibly on paper, doctors not being able to easily access patient information,and limitations on time, space, and personnel for monitoring patients.
With advancements in technology, opportunities exist to improve the currentstate of health care to minimize some of these problems and providemore personalized service. Many technologies are currently being adoptedby the medical field. The data generated is enormous due to newer diagnostictechniques. So, E-Healthcare data management is a core issue in amodern hospital. Medical records can be put away electronically and beimmediately sent anyplace in the world. The patient registration, appointmentwith physician, medical prescription and record of clinical diagnostics,laboratory tests or surgical procedures are recorded in Electronic HealthRecord (EHR).
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is “an electronic recordof health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationallyrecognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, andconsulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care
