Concepts Issues and Standards. Topical Issues in Medical Informatics: Computer Generated Quality Assurance Reports

摘要

For the last 4 years, the Student Health Center at Brigham Young University has maintained its medical records on a computerized system. At present there are over 295,000 records stored on line. This medical data bank is used to generate a number of quality assurance reports designed to monitor the quality of medical care given by physicians and nurse practitioners. The ultimate purpose of these reports will be to attempt to evaluate the cognitive processes used by the clinician to try and prevent treatment errors before they occur.