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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... United States of America The serpent has been a symbol of long life, healing, and knowledge among almost all cultures and religions since the beginning of recorded history. The image adopted as a logo-type by the Institute of Medicine ...
... United States, Europe, and elsewhere—are proving not only that CPRs can meet users' needs, but also that there are significant benefits to be gained from their use. Recent experience has shown that access to data and information at the ...
... United States can benefit from European experience; for example, the entire European community has a ubiquitous privacy law whereas the United States cannot seem to accomplish this important objective. They also report that there has ...
... United States, we need to establish the appropriate role of government, particularly the federal government, in advancing the development and implementation of CPRs. A coordinated national program for CPR advancement in the United ...