Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents Yearb Med Inform 2006; 15(01): 29-39DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638464 Survey Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart Section 2: Patient Records: The Computerized Patient Record: Where Do We Stand? M. W. M. Jaspers 1 Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands , P. Knaup 2 Department of Medical Informatics, Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany , D. Schmidt 3 Department of Medical Informatics, University of Applied Sciences, Heilbronn, Germany › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download Keywords KeywordsMedical records systems, computerized - Computer security - Decision support systems, clinical - Evaluation studies - Health informatics, standardization References References 1 Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. 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