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Apr 19, 2008 02:38 AM

YouTube video offers glimpse of 1961 EMR

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...


http://www.healthcareitnews.com/page.cms?pageId=76

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from canoehead
Old Apr 19, 2008, 03:35 AM

Default 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.
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from Valerie Salva
Old Apr 19, 2008, 03:50 AM

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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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