Differences between computer files and patient manual case note

Computer Files	Patient Manual Case Note
Do not require paper documentation.	Requires a lot of paper documentation to keep.
Information can be kept in a compacted and portable format	Patient’s manual case note require large space for keeping files different patient files.
Information can be easily assessed with laborious searching.	Accessing patient’s manual case notes requires the user to look through volumes of different files.
Information can be easily shared with the physical transfer of the files involved.	Files involved are physically carried to those who which to access them thereby leading to time wasting.