title: Hospital information systems (HIS): looking into the future.
abstract: Hospital information systems have to date failed to live up to the expectations of healthcare providers and informaticians. Events in the summer of 1991 call for major changes in healthcare, and new technologies offer the power to make the computer-based patient record a reality.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*; D008838:Microcomputers