Purpose/Significance To understand the international advanced experiences in the construction of outpatient electronic medical record (EMR) and the current practices in China, and to provide references for improving the construction and quality management of outpatient EMR. Method/Process By retrieving the domestic and foreign literature databases and the policy document databases of the State Council, the experiences and problems in the construction of outpatient EMR in developed countries and the relevant policies of China’s EMR are summarized. Result/Conclusion There are some problems in the construction of outpatient EMR in China, such as low writing rate, poor quality of medical records, insufficient data application, high sharing barriers, etc. Therefore, it is urgent to build an effective medical record quality monitoring system and outpatient EMR data application platform.