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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... activities, and to track the performance of health care providers—both individuals and institutions. Second, as people continue to become more active consumers of health care and assume greater responsibility for managing their own ...
... 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 Development of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is leading efforts to ...
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