Monday, November 9, 2009

History of electronic health record

The foremost electronic medical record (EMR) system emerged forty years ago. Shortliffe (2005) stated that, “by the late 1960’s there were experiments with full-fledged EMR systems that collected data directly from clinicians and were designed for use in both inpatient and outpatient settings." Many of current EMRs are developed from previous efforts. The significant early systems include: The Computer Stored Ambulatory Record (COSTAR), Health Evaluation through Logical Processing (HELP), The Medical Record (TMR), Composite Health Care System (CHCS), and De-Centralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP), and so forth. (National Institutes of Health, 2006).

References:

National Institutes of Health. (2006, April). Electronic health records overview. National Center for Research Resources. Retrieved October 2, 2009, from http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/publications/informatics/dhr.pdf

Shortliffe, E. H. (2005, September/October). Strategic action in health information technology: Why the obvious has taken so long. Health Affairs, Chevy Chase, 24(5), 1222-1234.

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