TY - JOUR
T1 - Information technologies in health care delivery and policy
T2 - Giant steps and missteps
AU - Park, Andrew J.
AU - Maruthur, Mario K.
AU - Swerlick, Robert A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Frontline Medical Communications
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The influences of information technology have touched almost all aspects of our lives, and health care delivery has been no exception. Law, policy, and regulation have driven the adoption of electronic medical records, particularly over the past decade, driving fundamental changes to the practice of medicine in general and dermatology in particular.This article reviews the history of these changes, the regulations that drove these changes, the intended and unintended consequences of these initiatives, and our insights into the appropriate roles for policy and regulation to drive positive change.
AB - The influences of information technology have touched almost all aspects of our lives, and health care delivery has been no exception. Law, policy, and regulation have driven the adoption of electronic medical records, particularly over the past decade, driving fundamental changes to the practice of medicine in general and dermatology in particular.This article reviews the history of these changes, the regulations that drove these changes, the intended and unintended consequences of these initiatives, and our insights into the appropriate roles for policy and regulation to drive positive change.
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U2 - 10.12788/j.sder.2019.005
DO - 10.12788/j.sder.2019.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 31051020
AN - SCOPUS:85065666447
SN - 1085-5629
VL - 38
SP - E25-E30
JO - Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
JF - Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
IS - 1
ER -