YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

Apr 19, 2008 01:38 AM

by rninformatics

Staff

From Healthcare IT News

Electronic medical records system from 1961
YouTube user ACMI2008 posted this 1966 clip in which Akron, Ohio-based Akron General Hospital touts its 1961 electronic medical record. It was cutting-edge at the time...

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*canoehead* · Apr 19, 2008, 02:35 AM

Re: YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

My goodness- do we ever use chloromycetin anymore?

I guess my hospital was only 25 years behind the cutting edge.

*Valerie Salva* · Apr 19, 2008, 02:50 AM

Re: YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

Well, yes, it is possible to "relieve the nurses of the burden of some of their paperwork" but it hasn't happened yet!

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YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

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