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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... Law, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts EDWARD H. SHORTLIFFE,* Professor of Medicine and Computer Science; Head, Division of General Internal Medicine; and Director,Medical Information Sciences Training Program ...
... law whereas the United States cannot seem to accomplish this important objective. They also report that there has been ... laws related Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The Computer-Based Patient Record: An ...
... laws related to CPRs (e.g., data ownership, responsibility, and confidentiality) are still lacking. At least in the case of protection of personal health data, lively discussion and debate have prevented a consensus leading to the ...
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