The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition

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National 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:

  • Who uses patient records?
  • What technology is available and what further research is necessary to meet users' needs?
  • What should government, medical organizations, and others do to make the transition to CPRs?

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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Contents

COMMENTARIES
A PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPUTERBASED PATIENT RECORDS IN EUROPE 21
ORIGINAL EDITION
INTRODUCTION 52
MEETING 74
COMPUTERBASED PATIENT RECORD TECHNOLOGIES 100
THE ROAD TO CPR IMPLEMENTATION 138
CONCLUSIONS AND 176
A SUBCOMMITTEES 197
INDEX 225
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