title: That was then, this is now. Look out for the new millennium.
abstract: How can we improve the process of patient care and satisfaction? One way is to improve methods of transmitting, storing and manipulating information. That answer puts technology at the very core of health care.
authors.affiliation: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA. mmcgill1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGill
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008824:Michigan; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013675:Technology, High-Cost