Reviews and Notes: Informatics: A History of Medical Informatics in the United States: 1950 to 1990

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Literature of Medicine15 May 1996Reviews and Notes: Informatics: A History of Medical Informatics in the United States: 1950 to 1990William Hersh, MDWilliam Hersh, MDOregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-124-10-199605150-00044 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail MF Collen. 489 pages. Bethesda, MD: Amer Med Informatics Assoc; 1995. $40.00. ISBN 0-9647743-0-5. Order phone 301-657-1291.The number of books on the applications of computers in medicine is growing, and most of these books are devoted to the technical or usage issues related to information machines and the clinicians who use them. This new book by Dr. Morris Collen is quite different, however. It presents an historic overview on the use of information technology in health care from the first applications in the 1950s to 1990. Collen played a significant role in developing several of these applications and is ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 May 1996Volume 124, Issue 10Page: 937KeywordsComputer applicationsComputer softwareComputersElectronic medical recordsHealth careHealth informaticsHealth information technologyInformation technologyPatients ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 May 1996 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...