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Keeps first known medical record.
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Between 1790 and 1821 some of America's earliest hospitals began keeping patient records, including New York Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital .
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In the 1860s physicians treating civil war soldiers keep standardized records.
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In 1917 the American College of Surgeons develops a hospital standardization program.
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In 1970 Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz develop a medical record software program called PROMIS (Problem- Oriented Medical Information System)
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In the 1990s the U.S. Veterans Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large-scale deployment of an electronic health record (EHR).
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In 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.
