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The cost, quality, and outcomes of healthcare services have become the focus of national attention as providers, consumers, and payers of healthcare services grapple with healthcare reform in the United States. As policy makers and healthcare providers seek to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare services, there is a critical need to understand the relationships between structure and process characteristics and client, provider, and setting outcomes. Given the importance of patient care data to the activities of all segments of the healthcare spectrum, the development and implementation of computer—based patient records (CPRs) has been recommended as CPRs have the potential to improve healthcare delivery, enhance outcomes research programs, and increase hospital efficiency [12]. The purpose of this paper is to advocate for the patient as an essential user of CPRs.
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Holzemer, W.L., Reilly, C.A., Henry, S.B., Portillo, C.J. (1998). Capturing Patients’ Perceptions in the Computer—Based Patient Record: Essential Prerequisites to the Measurement of Health—Related Outcomes. In: Saba, V.K., Pocklington, D.B., Miller, K.P. (eds) Nursing and Computers. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2182-1_63
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