What is the difference between an EMR and a CPR?
. Many people use the terms interchangeably, but we think it is important to differentiate between a partial and a complete medical record, therefore MEMRI uses the following definitions: A CPR (computerized patient record) is a record about an individual patient stored in a healthcare provider’s computer, in a database that is legitimately the property of the provider. It will usually contain the patient’s demographic data and medical information collected only when the patient visits that provider. An EMR (electronic medical record) is the organized collection of all records about an individual patient stored in the computer systems and databases of all the providers who have provided care to that patient. The EMR is not stored on any individual computer, but is assembled dynamically, in real time, from CPRs when needed, and it “dissolves” after use — until needed next time.
