History or Health Records

By KatyM
  • 206 BCE

    Chunyu Yi

    Chunyu Yi
    Keeps first known medical record.

  • United States

    United States
    Between 1790 and 1821 some of America's earliest hospitals began keeping patient records, including New York Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital .

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    In the 1860s physicians treating civil war soldiers keep standardized records.

  • ACS

    ACS
    In 1917 the American College of Surgeons develops a hospital standardization program.

  • PROMIS

    PROMIS
    In 1970 Dr. Lawrence L. Weed and Jan Schultz develop a medical record software program called PROMIS (Problem- Oriented Medical Information System)

  • CPRS

    CPRS
    In the 1990s the U.S. Veterans Health Administration's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the first large-scale deployment of an electronic health record (EHR).

  • Incentives

    Incentives
    In 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.