title: Computerized patient records improve practice efficiency and patient care.
abstract: Paper patient records are proving increasingly inadequate to meet the modern information needs of group practices. Computerizing patient records can improve physician access to patient information and thereby also improve patient care and outcomes management. By investing in a computerized patient record system, practices can optimize revenues by saving labor costs associated with record retrieval, photocopying, filing, and other processes. Computerizing patient records requires careful planning and selection of a system that meets the practice's needs.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Data Systems, DeWitt, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D003200:Computer User Training; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007318:Inservice Training; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care