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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... Standards and Quality Bureau, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland DONALD A. B. LINDBERG,* Director, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland * Member, Institute of Medicine ...
... standards. Even as CPR systems become increasingly robust, there is not, nor is there likely to be, a single CPR product that meets all the needs of a provider organization. Thus, organizations seeking CPRs face significant challenges ...
... standards has been steady and limited progress is evident, setting standards remains an arduous process with limited financial support. Moreover, a greater focus on international standards http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5306.html PREFACE ...
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