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Automation of the financial and accounting functions begin. The systems were either transaction or process-oriented systems.
Automation of the financial and accounting functions begin. The systems were either transaction or process-oriented systems. -
Some healthcare institutions introduced patient care applications to their computer systems.
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Social Security Act that was to include Medicare and Medicaid was amended by U.S. Congress
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Uniform Minimum Health Data Set was formulated in hopes to develop national health data standards and guidelines.
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Computer Stored Ambulatory Record, an ambulatory care system, was developed at Massachusetts’s General Hospital. In this system, patient care data was computerized to meet providers’ medical, financial, and administrative needs.
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Health departments and other community organizations contracted with vendors so that systems to provide statistical reports required by local, state, and federal government agencies could be developed
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Other than large teaching medical centers, hospital information systems started to use online data communications technology to provide instant access to computerized data bases.
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Managed care is used more with computerization. There is a high demand of interest in patient-centered computing environments.