title: Document versus data centred approach to the EPR.
abstract: This paper presents the document centred Electronic Patient Record (EPR) as currently in production in a large university hospital and subject to multiple additional developments in the coming years. A number of basic hypothesis have been developed in order to reach the best medical practice and the success of this application. In addition, the alternative approach of data centred EPR is compared, and different benefits and pitfalls are highlighted. It is not easy to evaluate the consequences of such an initial trend, but changing one's mind after having a system in daily production is anyway costly and difficult. Therefore, the selection of the right orientation in a given hospital necessitates a scientific debate.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics Division, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rassinoux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lovis
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D013557:Switzerland