Exploring the benefits of medical record automation.
During the past two years University Health Center, Burlington, VT., has been involved in the development and testing of a problem-oriented automated medical record. Although the achievements to date have largely been predicated on the effective use of the sophisticated computer technology, the system's basic premise and foremost requirement remains simply to improve the collection and presentation of patient clinical information.
D004526:Efficiency; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008499:Medical Records; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014707:Vermont