Miller C
TDS Healthcare Systems Corporation, Atlanta, GA.
Top Health Inf Manage. 1993 Feb;13(3):20-9.
The health care industry has had limited success in achieving some degree of an EMR in the past several years, and the industry has the potential to move even farther in the next decade. As standards begin to emerge and technologies conform to those standards, the industry will begin to see the evolution of a totally electronic patient record. Standard interfaces and hardware platforms, with software products designed to meet a standardized market need, will become more prevalent. Multifunction workstations, voice recognition, and other technological advancements will simplify the data-entry process for clinicians. Legal statutes that support automated records will be established and accepted by the courts, and optical disk image processing systems will take off as the storage medium of choice for the next generation. Because the EMR can provide the benefits outlined here, the health care industry must work together to ensure the success of this vision. As leaders in the health care information management arena, we need to participate in the realization of this ideal for the betterment of our patients, our health care organizations, and the entire health care delivery system.
在过去几年中，医疗保健行业在实现某种程度的电子病历（EMR）方面取得的成功有限，不过该行业在未来十年有可能取得更大进展。随着标准开始出现，技术也符合这些标准，该行业将开始见证完全电子化患者记录的演变。标准接口和硬件平台，以及旨在满足标准化市场需求而设计的软件产品，将变得更加普遍。多功能工作站、语音识别和其他技术进步将简化临床医生的数据录入过程。支持自动化记录的法律法规将得以确立并被法院接受，并且光盘图像处理系统将作为下一代首选的存储介质而兴起。由于电子病历能够带来此处所述的种种益处，医疗保健行业必须共同努力以确保这一愿景的成功实现。作为医疗保健信息管理领域的领导者，我们需要参与实现这一理想，以造福我们的患者、我们的医疗保健机构以及整个医疗保健提供系统。
