Technology's impact on communication in health care

I believe that technology is helping the health care system when it comes to overcoming communication barriers. Technologies such as EHR (electronic health records), eMAR (electronic medication administration records) and the wide variety of health sites available are all contributing to overcoming communication barriers. Through the EHR and eMAR nurses are able to access clients’ health records and medication records immediately on the computer in any hospital and health care facility, without having difficulty finding the information and misinterpreting what is documented by physicians and other health care professionals. With the internet it expands past physical communication barriers and offers health information and support in many languages and in many ways, for example with pictures and diagrams.

(Experior Healthcare Systems, 2008)