title: JCAHO's 'Agenda for Change' to place new demands on systems.
abstract: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations hasn't told hospitals enough about the new demands that its "Agenda for Change" will place on hospitals' information systems. Hospitals will have to be able to abstract medical records electronically and analyze their data to fully benefit from the program, executives at one test site say.
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authors: Gardner
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007221:Industry; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States