electronic health record (EHR) a computerized repository for a patient's health information providing information to members of the health care team regarding a clinical encounter. Many systems can also provide decision support, quality assurance information and outcome data. Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition.
An ecosystem is a natural unit of plants, animals, and microorganisms functioning together with all non-living environmental factors. To conserve this delicate balance, it is important to know what part each piece of the natural ecosystem does for all the others.Preserving any bionetwork can be very difficult, because it is almost impossible to know what each element of the ecological unit adds to the equation.o conserve this delicate balance, it is important to know what part each piece of the natural ecosystem does for all the others. Preserving any bionetwork can be very difficult, because it is almost impossible to know what each element of the ecological unit adds to the equation.
Ecosystems are communities of organisms and non-living matter that interact together. Each part of the ecosystem is important because ecosystems are interdependent.Damaged or imbalanced ecosystems can cause many problems.nteractions. Living organisms within an ecosystem interact in many ways including predation, cooperation, competition and symbiosis. Each species has a niche, or special role, such as eating small insects, decomposing matter or converting sunlight to energy through photosynthesis.