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Electronic Health Records 3rd Edition by Byron Hamilton

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0073402147
book Electronic Health Records 3rd Edition by Byron Hamilton cover

Electronic Health Records 3rd Edition by Byron Hamilton

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0073402147
Exercise 2
Some of the earliest electronic health Record programs were developed and utilized in:
A) 1950 at the University of Utah
B) The 1980s at the Mayo Clinic
C) The 1960s at Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and the Mayo Clinic
D) This information cannot be determined
Explanation
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Some of the first medical facilities to develop electronic health record systems were the University Hospital in Burlington, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Vermont and the Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City, Minnesota, Utah. These systems were all implemented in the 1960s.
Thus, the correct option is c.
In the 1960s the first documented EHR systems were put into place, thus option 'a' is incorrect. In addition, option 'b' is incorrect as EHRs were already in place by the 1980s.
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