What two pressures on the healthcare industry the first in t

What two pressures on the healthcare industry, the first in the 1990\'s and the second in the 2000\'s, conclude that electronic medical records are essential?

Solution

In the year 1991, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report claiming that computer based patient records are \"an essential technology\" for health care.

The additional industry pressure came from another IOM report titled, To Err Is Human. The main focus of the report was to build a safer healthcare system. The report highlighted that in the United States, Clinical quality issues cause upwards of 99,000 preventable deaths annually.

The report suugested the establishment of a federal Center for Patient Safety. Another area of concern was to use information technology to improve patient safety.

As clinicians have begun to realize the value of adopting information technology, adoption of electronic medical records for patients have accelerated.