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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORDS

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Advantages are: improved diagnosis and treatment, significantly fewer errors found within personal health records, faster care and decision making responses from assigned medical professionals.
Disadvantages are: the cost, training technology challenged staff, and the chance of getting them hacked into.
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