Electronic Medical Records A Practical Guide for Primary Care
Physician adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) has become a national priority. It is said that EMRs have the potential to greatly improve patient care, to provide the data needed for more effective population management and quality assurance of b
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Series Editor Neil S. Skolnik Temple University, School of Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, USA
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Electronic Medical Records A Practical Guide for Primary Care
Editor Neil S. Skolnik Abington Memorial Hospital Temple University School of Medicine Abington, PA, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-60761-605-4 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-606-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-606-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936461 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Humana Press, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin
A virtually awe inspiring idea which becomes the dream of one generation often becomes the reality of the generation to come. At the turn of the twentieth century the United States had 20 million horses and 4000 cars. Gasoline, which was a waste product of the kerosene needed for lamps, was carried in buckets by automobile enthusiasts from whatever source they could find. Over the next decade, a series of watershed events rapidly transformed the car from a novelty to a useful device. In 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson successfully drove an automobile across the United States, demonstrating the value of the car as transportation. In 1905, Sylvanus F. Bowser perfected the gasoline pump, and the world’s first filling station opened later that year. Then in 1908, Ford Motor Company began mass production of the Model T. Coupled with a time of prosperity, the automobile became a lifestyle, available to people of even modest means. By 1910, there were half a million cars in use in the United States. Unfortunately, breakdowns were still frequent, fuel was still difficult to obtain, and rapid innovation meant that
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