Which term describes an electronic health record that can be shared across multiple healthcare organizations?

• A. Health Information Exchange
• B. Electronic Health Record
• C. Hybrid Health Record
• D. Electronic Medical Record

Answer: (B)

An electronic health record is designed to be shared across different healthcare organizations, supporting interoperability and coordinated care. It brings together information from multiple sources so providers in different settings can access a patient’s complete history. An electronic medical record, by contrast, is typically the digital version of a patient’s chart kept within a single organization. Health information exchange describes the network and standards that enable data sharing, not the record type itself. A hybrid health record isn’t a standard term in this context. So the term that best describes a record that can be shared across organizations is electronic health record.