How the past teaches the future: ACMI distinguished lecture.
More than 30 years of experience in developing a computer-based patient record system, The Medical Record (TMR), in multiple settings, in multiple specialty groups, and at multiple sites has taught us many lessons. Lessons related to computer-based patient records include the importance of a data model in which input, storage, and planned use are independent; separation of patient-specific data from metadata; a modular design to localize the program code that [...]
Author(s): Hammond, W E
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080222