title: The computerized patient record.
abstract: The computerized patient record (CPR) improves efficiency and enhances the availability of clinical information and creates comparative data. Although the CPR system offers many benefits, it also poses challenges to ensuring confidentiality and protecting information.
authors.affiliation: JLU Health Record Systems, Pembroke, MA, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Usher
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States