Electronic health record is a digital system of collecting patients data and population which is then stored electronically for ease of access for all hospitals. Electronic health records have both advantages and disadvantages as any other digital invention over the years. EHR, which is the abbreviation for Electronic Health Records has made storage of patient’s data easy, in software and hardware enabling practitioners’ easy time when giving diagnosis and other advantages of this system ware explored and explained in this essay. While also exploring possible demerits of the same. Either way, the EHR system is said to be an important improvement for the system.