ABSTRACT
Electronic health records are used to manage patient demographic and clinical data. Many such platforms also assist healthcare systems with scheduling appointments, and can facilitate the billing of insurance companies and patients for services rendered. The underlying functional objective of electronic health record systems is therefore to enable the entry, storage, and access of patient data by healthcare providers and health system employees. The promise of electronic health records is that their use increases healthcare system efficiency and healthcare quality, and their data can be used for population health management at the health system level. While the transition from paper medical charting to electronic health record systems has positively impacted healthcare delivery in terms of faster appointment scheduling and relatively seamless billing procedures, this chapter describes a data visualization solution to one of their inherent drawbacks: notably their limited interactive capabilities, which can negatively affect the patient-healthcare provider encounter.
