title: A work in progress.
abstract: The electronic medical patient record may be the linchpin for health management in the twenty-first century. But as this status report suggests, it has a long way to go.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Havighurst
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States