title: A 26-year quest for the ultimate electronic record.
abstract: W. Edward Hammond is well-known nationally as a champion of electronic records. He's been instrumental in developing standards for electronic formats and record content. For 26 years, he's been working on computerized patient records development at Duke University. But despite substantial progress, the pioneering researcher says the field still has a ways to go before it achieves his vision of the ultimate medical record.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandrick
mesh_terms: D005845:Georgia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006785:Hospitals, University; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012106:Research; D018581:Technology Transfer