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.
Social Security Act that was to include Medicare and Medicaid was amended by U.S. Congress
Uniform Minimum Health Data Set was formulated in hopes to develop national health data standards and guidelines.
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.
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
Other than large teaching medical centers, hospital information systems started to use online data communications technology to provide instant access to computerized data bases.
Managed care is used more with computerization. There is a high demand of interest in patient-centered computing environments.
