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Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical record.
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Some of america's earliest hospitals began keeping patient records, including New York hospital, Pennsylvania hospital, and Massachusetts general hospital.
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Physicians treating civil war soldiers keep standardized records.
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The american college of surgeons (ACS) develops a hospital standardization program.
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Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz develop a medical record software program called PROMIS (Problem-Oriented Medical Information System).
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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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The american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.
