What Is Lifetime Clinical Record (LCR)?

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The new kid on the block is a lifetime clinical record (LCR). It's a component of a digital electronic health record (EHR) system that is used to support modern medical care and evaluation. It represents a clinical database or a centralized data warehouse for patient records. The goal of an LCR is to provide patients with access to their medical history. This helps them make more informed decisions about their health, such as what tests they should get or medications they should take. It also allows doctors to maintain accurate records of each patient's treatment history, so if there are any questions about past treatments in different hospitals or clinics, they can easily find out by looking at the LCR. It also makes it more comfortable for them to collaborate with other medical professionals who may have previously worked with a given patient (such as specialists). Long-term care records are like a treasure trove of information. They can tell you everything from whether or not your patient has ever been diagnosed with diabetes to whether or not they have ever undergone any surgery and everything in between. An LCR is a particular type of EHR that contains all of this information, and it's usually accessible via dedicated hospital information systems such as Siemens INVISION. It's important to note that the LCR is different from other EHRs because it's not just about what happened in the past—it also helps doctors make predictions about what might happen in the future: for example, if your patient comes into the hospital with a broken bone, an LCR could help you identify if he has any genetic predispositions towards osteoporosis so that you can prevent further problems down the line. In general, LCRs are used by doctors and other healthcare professionals because they allow them to access all kinds of information about their patient's medical histories simultaneously instead of having to search through different databases separately (which can be time-consuming).

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