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Take a journey through the History of the health records

By destinyp
  • 2017 BCE

    Between 206 BCE and 8 ADE

    Between 206 BCE and 8 ADE
    Chunyu Yi keeps the first known medical record.

  • Between 1790 and 1821

    Between 1790 and 1821
    Some of america's earliest hospitals began keeping patient records, including New York hospital, Pennsylvania hospital, and Massachusetts general hospital.

  • 1860s

    1860s
    Physicians treating civil war soldiers keep standardized records.

  • 1917

    1917
    The american college of surgeons (ACS) develops a hospital standardization program.

  • 1970s

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

  • 1990s

    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).

  • 2009

    2009
    The american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (ARRA) outlines federal incentives for adopting EHRs.