Opportunities for and challenges of computerisation

Information technology offers many potential advantages over paper for the storage and retrieval of patients' data. Enthusiasts predict that soon all records will be stored and viewed on computer, but others are more sceptical. The failure of some computer-based records may be due to poor infor...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 352; no. 9140; pp. 1617 - 1622
Main Authors Powsner, Seth M, Wyatt, Jeremy C, Wright, Patricia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 14.11.1998
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Attitude to Computers
Computers
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval
Internet
Medical records
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - economics
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - organization & administration
Physician-Patient Relations
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Summary:Information technology offers many potential advantages over paper for the storage and retrieval of patients' data. Enthusiasts predict that soon all records will be stored and viewed on computer, but others are more sceptical. The failure of some computer-based records may be due to poor information design. This paper explores how computers broaden the range of design options but points out that more attention to design is required for computer-based than for paper-based records.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(98)08309-3