Which term refers to an individual patient health record stored in a computer database for easy access by physicians and other healthcare workers regardless of setting?

• A. Electronic Health Records
• B. Health Information Technology
• C. Health Promotion
• D. TRICARE

Answer: (A)

Electronic Health Records are digital versions of a patient’s chart stored in a computer database and accessible to authorized physicians and healthcare workers across different care settings. This cross-setting accessibility is what makes them useful for coordinating care, updating in real time, and avoiding duplicative tests or conflicting information. Health Information Technology is the broader field that encompasses the systems used to manage health data, but it isn’t the term for the patient’s record itself. Health Promotion and TRICARE refer to health behavior efforts and a military health program, respectively, and do not describe the patient-record concept.