Aspects of the Computer-Based Patient Record Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
Sect. 1	User Needs for Computer-based Patient Records (CPRs)
1	Physicians' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	3
2	Clinicians' Needs for Office Computer-based Patient Records	12
3	Nurses' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	16
4	Hospital Administrators' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	30
5	Patients' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	36
6	The Computer-based Patient Record: The Third Party Payer's Perspective	40
7	Health Care Researchers' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	46
8	Record Administrators' Needs for Computer-based Patient Records	57
Sect. 2	Technologies for Computer-based Patient Records (CPRs)
1	Current State of Computer-based Patient Record Systems	67
2	Database Systems for Computer-based Patient Records	83
3	Terminals and Workstations for Computer-based Patient Records	99
4	The Health Care Professional's Workstation: Its Functional Components and User Impact	102
5	Data Acquisition for the Computer-based Patient Record	125
6	Data Entry for Computer-based Patient Records	140
7	Information Retrieval	146
8	Image Processing and Storage for Computer-based Patient Records	153
9	Data Exchange Standards for Computer-based Patient Records	157
10	The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) and Computer-based Patient Records	165
11	New Communication Technologies for Integrating Hospital Information Systems and Their Computer-based Patient Records	176
12	System and Data Protection	201
13	Medical Text Processing: Past Achievements, Future Directions	212
14	Essential Technologies for Computer-based Patient Records: A Summary	229
15	The Computer-based Patient Record System Vendor Survey	262
Sect. 3	The Future of the Computer-based Patient Record (CPR)
1	Future Vision and Dissemination of Computer-based Patient Records
2	A Bold Vision: The Computer-based Patient Record Institute	294
	Index	303