Information on Health Records

By kattkc
  • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
    2009 BCE

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.
  • U.S. Veterans Health Administration
    1990 BCE

    U.S. Veterans Health Administration

    1990s The U.S. Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large scale deployment of an electronic health Record (EHR)
  • Developed medical software
    1970 BCE

    Developed medical software

    1970 Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz developed a medical records software program called PROMIS ( Problem Oriented Medical Information System
  • College of American surgeons
    1917 BCE

    College of American surgeons

    The American College of surgeons (ACS) developes a hospital standardization program
  • Physicians of civil war
    1860 BCE

    Physicians of civil war

    1860's physicians treating Civil War soldiers keep standardized records
  • America's earliest hospitals record keeping
    1790 BCE

    America's earliest hospitals record keeping

    between 1790 and 1821 some of American's earliest hospitals began keeping records, including Hospital of New York, PA, and Ma general hospital
  • between 206 BCE and 8 ADE
    206 BCE

    between 206 BCE and 8 ADE

    Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical record