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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: Digital health records have transformed the way hospitals store patient information. A patient's history, test reports and prescriptions, once locked away in paper files, can now be retrieved in seconds by any authorised doctor in the hospital. This speed saves lives in emergencies, where knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care. Yet the same convenience creates a new risk: a single careless click can expose private medical details to people who have no right to see them. Hospitals therefore treat access to records as a privilege, not a right. Every login is recorded, every printout is tracked, and staff are trained to open only the records they need for the patient in front of them. A personal assistant who handles such records must remember that confidentiality is not a rule written in a manual; it is the trust on which the whole relationship between a hospital and its patients rests. In the passage, why does the speed of digital records matter in an emergency?

1.
Paper files are too heavy to carry in an emergency
2.
Doctors can print the records faster than before
3.
Patients no longer need to visit the hospital
4.
Knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care
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Option 4 : Knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care

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सही उत्तर Knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care है।

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The passage says that in emergencies, knowing a patient’s allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care.

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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: Digital health records have transformed the way hospitals store patient information. A patient's history, test reports and prescriptions, once locked away in paper files, can now be retrieved in seconds by any authorised doctor in the hospital. This speed saves lives in emergencies, where knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care. Yet the same convenience creates a new risk: a single careless click can expose private medical details to people who have no right to see them. Hospitals therefore treat access to records as a privilege, not a right. Every login is recorded, every printout is tracked, and staff are trained to open only the records they need for the patient in front of them. A personal assistant who handles such records must remember that confidentiality is not a rule written in a manual; it is the trust on which the whole relationship between a hospital and its patients rests. In the passage, why does the speed of digital records matter in an emergency?

1.
Paper files are too heavy to carry in an emergency
2.
Doctors can print the records faster than before
3.
Patients no longer need to visit the hospital
4.
Knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care

Correct Answer: Knowing a patient's allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care

The passage says that in emergencies, knowing a patient’s allergies or ongoing treatment can decide the course of care.

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