Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) or also known as Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The potential development of an inter-connected electronic health care system by making personal, private electronic health records available on-line. For example, Nevada Rep. Jon Porter is planning to introduce legislation to mandate the creation of an electronic health record (EHR) for every person covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Please only focus on this question. Do you think this should be a for-profit endeavor or a public service paid for by tax-payers?