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Do you know where to find your medical records? What if you're traveling and need to see a doctor but cannot access your hard-copy medical records thousands of miles away? Could you remember your entire medical history? Keeping your medical records up-to-date, orderly and on-hand is essential, but can be costly and stressful. Having them organized and easily accessible can save time and potentially lives. Electronic medical records (EMRs), rather than hard-copy records, can make it convenient to keep track of your medical history.

There is a need in today's world to be able to track medical data and communicate across multiple providers and health care systems. With the current hard-copy medical data system, errors are inevitable. In January, President Obama announced his intent to pursue a national standard of electronic medical records with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He has promised to computerize all of America's medical records within the next five years. President Obama said this upgrade will be a life-saving advantage for Americans. "This will cut waste, eliminate red tape and reduce the need to repeat expensive medical tests," President Obama said. "But it just won't save billions of dollars and thousands of jobs, it will save lives by reducing the deadly but preventable medical errors that pervade our health care system."

Errors in medications or medical procedures cause injury and death every year. According to the Center for Safety and Clinical Excellence, only two percent of drug administration errors, using hard-copy records, are intercepted annually. Electronic medical records offer greater security and efficiency by eliminating many of the errors associated with hard-copy medical records. By keeping records electronically you are ensuring that you and your family receive the best medical care while maintaining the best privacy safeguards available.

The national government will pump billions of dollars into the transfer of medical records to electronic data in order to improve medical care and communications. Doctors, drugstores, hospitals and insurance companies will be more efficient with the utilization of electronic medical information. They will be able to exchange data instantaneously through electronic health networks, saving time and reducing the frustration of patients. Having electronic files can also guarantee greater privacy than hard-copy records. E-files can monitor exactly who has access to your medical data and log when it is accessed. 'If the files are electronic,' said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, 'computers can record every time someone has access to your medical information.'

Other benefits of electronic records include consolidation of medical histories, possible early detection of diseases, decreased miscommunication between physicians, better tracking of immunizations, allergies and medical procedures, and can foster communication between patients and medical providers. Electronic health records save you the time and hassle of hunting for important medical information by keeping it only a mouse-click away.

Currently, e-MDs employs a staff of full-time physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, programmers and developers. Many of the professionals on staff have a primary background in medicine. Others have significant experience in business and information technology. e-MD has years of real-world experience in dealing with electronic and computerized patient records. Today, they empower physicians with clinical and financial tools to improve patient care and maintain financial independence at an affordable price. e-MDs partners with health-care providers with the vision of making convenient, secure and easily accessible medial information a reality.