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206 BCE
Mr. Chunyu Yi
Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical recordbetween 206 BCE and 8 ADE -
USA
between 1790 and 1821 Some of America's ealiet hospitals began keeping patients records, including New York Hospital, Pennsylvannia Hsopital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. -
@ WAR
Physicians treating Civil War soldiers keep standardized records -
ACS! ACS! ACS!
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) develops a hospital standardization program. -
Dr. Weed
Doctor Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz develp a medical record software program called PROMIS or Problem-Oriented Medical Informatin System -
U.S. VETERANS
The U.S. Veterans Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large-scale deployment of an electronic health record (EHR) -
ARRA
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (AARA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHR's