In the United States medical information about patients traditionally has been recorded and stored on paper forms However there are efforts to persuade doctors to adopt electronic medical record systems in which information about patients is stored in ele

The reading and the lecture are about the pros and cons of electronic medical record systems. The author of the reading states a few benefits that the system may bring about while the lecture challenges the claims made by the author.

To begin with, the article mentions that electronic medical records system is of great help to reduce costs simply by minimizing the storage space. The specific argument is doubted by the lecturer. She claims that even if electronic medical record system is put into use, the tradition version of paper records will still be held as backup in case of emergency so the electronic system is actually of no help in reducing cost of storage.

Secondly, the writer suggests that electronic medical records are likely to reduce medical errors made by poor handwriting or transcription mistake. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning that it is always the staff who has to transcript the handwriting of doctors into computer system but not the doctor who writes a prescription. Therefore, the lecturer is of the opinion the electronic system will not be beneficial in preventing medical errors.

Lastly, the author posits that electronic medical records makes the medical data more available in comparison to paper records to those who are conducting a research. Moreover, the article states that the online database will also help filter out the needed information for users. In contrast, the lecturer's position is that it is almost impossible to access the patient's medical data due to the strict privacy laws in the United States. In addition, the access of data has to been through complicated procedures and also approved by patient himself. Last but not least, she says that patients are most likely to block the use of their medical data outside medical purpose.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 156, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[1]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'research'.
Suggestion: research
...per records to those who are conducting a research. Moreover, the article states that the ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, while, as to, in addition, in contrast, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1519.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 298.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09731543624 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61771853721 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520134228188 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 482.4 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.0586731237 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.846153846 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9230769231 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.5384615385 7.06452816374 163% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.363860211614 0.272083759551 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.122546599866 0.0996497079465 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.064053349085 0.0662205650399 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.205962864024 0.162205337803 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0328980209403 0.0443174109184 74% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.6 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.81 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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