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. 1980 Nov 5;2:1200–1205.

How to Realize Labor Savings with a Computerized Medical Record

William W Stead, W Edward Hammond
PMCID: PMC2203857

Abstract

The implementation of a computerized medical record system is generally associated with an increase in labor expense. This paper presents an application of a computerized medical record that has achieved labor savings by reducing the cost of data entry and maximizing the use of each piece of data in the record. The portion of the system which manipulates laboratory data is used as an example.

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