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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... efforts in 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 ...
... efforts on the handling of data in part through the mandate of Public Law 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Sixth, no progress can be reported on the recommendation that the costs of developing and ...
... efforts are more likely to succeed in the context of a comprehensive national program. There is every reason to push ... effort is undertaken immediately. Significant challenges abound: building the requisite infrastructure, optimizing ...
... efforts to improve the quality and quantity of data available for health services research—particularly effectiveness, appropriateness, and outcomes research. In addition, the AHCPR Forum on Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care, the ...
... effort. What we believe will emerge will be a more caring, more scientific, and, no less important, more cost-effective health care system. We hope that this report will be a catalyst to encourage you to join with us to address the ...