title: Bill may require automation of patient records.
abstract: Hospitals that have been delaying investments in clinical information systems may not be able to wait much longer. A bill drafted by HHS and introduced in the Senate last month would require hospitals to computerize their medical records by Jan. 1, 1996. Although the bill has some loopholes to give some facilities until 1998, it certainly would turn hospitals into motivated buyers of such systems.
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authors: Gardner
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services