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B Deming

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PubMed1995

Hardware issues in the movement to computer-based patient records.

The health care field is making significant progress in shifting to computer-based patient records. Providers are faced with some difficult decisions about what hardware options are most appropriate. Key issues include the choice of clinical workstations vs. portable computers, the use of new client-server architecture or traditional mainframe-based systems and the role of personal computers. This special report offers an indepth assessment of important hardware trends in the records automation movement. The first story offers an analysis of the hardware implications of client-server architecture and an assessment of the long-term role of mainframe computers. The second story sizes up the potential role for mobile computing, including hand-held devices and wireless technology.

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PubMed1994

The standards movement builds momentum.

The success of efforts to build health information networks and to implement computerized patient records will hinge on the development of standards for the electronic format and content of financial and clinical transactions. Without standards, sharing data among disparate systems will be extremely cumbersome, and drawing conclusions based on research will prove difficult. For years, several volunteer groups have been toiling to develop these standards. These efforts are beginning to pay off. This special report summarizes the latest trends in standards development. This series of stories includes an update on efforts to develop standard data sets for financial and administrative transactions; a guide to the jargon of health care electronic data interchange, an overview of efforts to speed the development of standards for computerized records; and a case study of a hospital implementing one set of clinical standards.

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PubMed1994

Moving down the path to electronic records.

The national debate over health care reform is drawing attention to how electronic records could improve the quality of care. After more than 20 years of sometimes frustrating effort, the pioneers in the movement to automate health care records are being joined by legions of others who are seeing the potential benefits of automation. In this special report, learn the latest developments in the computerized patient record movement.

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