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Computerized medical records in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Author(s) -
Fletcher Ross D.,
Dayhoff Ruth E.,
Wu Chiao M.,
Graves Amanda,
Jones Ronald E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(20010415)91:8+<1603::aid-cncr1173>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - veterans affairs , medicine , the internet , medical emergency , medical record , nexus (standard) , health care , internet access , information system , world wide web , computer science , engineering , economics , radiology , embedded system , economic growth , electrical engineering
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. Cancer 2001;91:1603–6. © 2001 American Cancer Society.