Revue médicale suisse
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Revue médicale suisse · Nov 2017
[The electronic patient record - a great opportunity to rethink medical information and its use].
Since the early 2000s, the management of information concerning patient care has fundamentally changed. Previously stored in separate medical and nursing paper medical records, patient data are now gathered in a single electronic health record (EHR) thanks to the digitization of our hospitals, whose development and mastery are a major issue in today's health system.