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2009 BCE
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs. -
1990 BCE
U.S. Veterans Health Administration
1990s The U.S. Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large scale deployment of an electronic health Record (EHR) -
1970 BCE
Developed medical software
1970 Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz developed a medical records software program called PROMIS ( Problem Oriented Medical Information System -
1917 BCE
College of American surgeons
The American College of surgeons (ACS) developes a hospital standardization program -
1860 BCE
Physicians of civil war
1860's physicians treating Civil War soldiers keep standardized records -
1790 BCE
America's earliest hospitals record keeping
between 1790 and 1821 some of American's earliest hospitals began keeping records, including Hospital of New York, PA, and Ma general hospital -
206 BCE
between 206 BCE and 8 ADE
Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical record