Computerized medical records in the department of veterans affairs

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The VA Medical Center in Washington, DC, was the nexus for a number of computerization projects that were initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The culmination of these initiatives is a software package that presents the complete electronic patient record in an easy-to-use graphic user interface. This record combines text data from the legacy data base, diagnostic images from patient procedures, electrocardiograms from a commercial server, an Internet connection, and a hospital web site with pertinent reference information. The information is available in over 1000 places in the hospital and can be accessed remotely using a remote access server. The computerization of the medical record has improved hospital efficiency, has made physician access to patient information more reliable, has opened new opportunities for patient education, and has given healthcare providers more time to care for patients. © 2001 American Cancer Society.

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Fletcher, R. D., Dayhoff, R. E., Wu, C. M., Graves, A., & Jones, R. E. (2001). Computerized medical records in the department of veterans affairs. In Cancer (Vol. 91, pp. 1603–1606). John Wiley and Sons Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(20010415)91:8+<1603::aid-cncr1173>3.0.co;2-y

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