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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... progress can be observed on the seven recommendations originally made in Chapter 5 of this report. First, some institutions have implemented computer systems that fulfill many of the desirable functions of a CPR as their standard record ...
... progress can be reported on the recommendation that the costs of developing and implementing CPRs should be shared among those who benefit from them. The cost of capitalizing CPR systems remains a significant hurdle for individual ...
... CONTENTS xix Contents COMMENTARIES A PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPUTER-BASED Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition.
... PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPUTER-BASED PATIENT RECORDS IN THE UNITED STATES Paul C. Tang and W. Ed Hammond 1 A PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPUTER-BASED PATIENT RECORDS IN EUROPE 21 Jan H. van Bemmel, Astrid M. van Ginneken, and Johan van der Lei ...
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