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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An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition Institute of ... providers, and individuals to information resources around the world. Despite this ... professionals, Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved ...
... professionals, access data on their health care history, track the costs and value of the services they receive, diagnose acute conditions, and manage chronic conditions. The emergence of personal health ... Health Care, Revised Edition.
An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition Institute of Medicine, Committee on Improving the Patient Record Don E ... professionals to acquire the skills necessary to develop and use CPRs. There ... Health Care, Revised Edition.
An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition Institute of ... caring, more scientific, and no less important, more cost-effective health care system ... professionals and Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights ...
... professionals and policymakers seeking to ensure greater value in health care services face many boundary conditions that are fixed and a host of problems that are not. Today, the opportunity to affect one of ... Health Care, Revised Edition.