The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised EditionNational Academies Press, 1997 M10 14 - 256 pages Most industries have plunged into data automation, but health care organizations have lagged in moving patients' medical records from paper to computers. In its first edition, this book presented a blueprint for introducing the computer-based patient record (CPR). The revised edition adds new information to the original book. One section describes recent developments, including the creation of a computer-based patient record institute. An international chapter highlights what is new in this still-emerging technology. An expert committee explores the potential of machine-readable CPRs to improve diagnostic and care decisions, provide a database for policymaking, and much more, addressing these key questions:
The volume also explores such issues as privacy and confidentiality, costs, the need for training, legal barriers to CPRs, and other key topics. |
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... systems—customer-based personal health records—that are responsive to a variety of needs of individuals raises new ... CPR systems has steadily increased since the release of the first edition of this report. CPR innovators—in the United ...
... CPR systems for generalists compared to the United States, where the early focus of CPR development efforts was heavily titled toward the hospital environment. Not surprisingly, both chapters emphasize the need for collaboration to ...
... CPR systems about both the benefits and complexities of CPR systems. An important issue emerges after reviewing the limited impact of the committee's seven recommendations over the past 6 years. What else needs to be done to advance ...
... CPR systems as essential to the full maturation of the scientific basis of health care. The report outlines the basic components of future CPRs and a strategic plan for achieving widespread CPR implementation. Further, it identifies the ...
... CPR systems. Happily, this report complements and is complemented by several other recent activities that convinced us, as we proceeded with our work, that the time was ripe for a major CPR initiative. The Office of Science and Data ...