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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 the 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.
