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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.
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1990s The U.S. Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large scale deployment of an electronic health Record (EHR)
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1970 Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz developed a medical records software program called PROMIS ( Problem Oriented Medical Information System
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The American College of surgeons (ACS) developes a hospital standardization program
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1860's physicians treating Civil War soldiers keep standardized records
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between 1790 and 1821 some of American's earliest hospitals began keeping records, including Hospital of New York, PA, and Ma general hospital
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Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical record