我国的医疗卫生发展迅速。国与国之间的竞争是综合国力的竞争,而医院和医院之间的竞争则是综合院力的竞争。随着计算机和网络技术的迅速发展、医院管理模式的改变,以及人们对信息需求量的不断提高,电子病案将是医院病案发展的必然趋势。本文就电子病案的发展、作用、现状及发展趋势作一简要介绍。 China’s rapid development of medical and health. The competition between countries is the competition of comprehensive national strength, while the competition between hospitals and hospitals is the competition of comprehensive forces. With the rapid development of computer and network technology, the change of hospital management mode and the increasing demand for information, the electronic medical record will be the inevitable trend of the hospital medical record development. This article gives a brief introduction of the development, function, current situation and development trend of electronic medical records.