Functions Required to Allow TMR to Support the Information Requirements of a Hospital

The Medical Record (TMR) has been modified to provide the features of a hospital information system that are necessary to support a small hospital. Experience installing TMR in the Kenneth Norris Cancer Research Hospital suggests a system centered around the patient's medical record can meet the service needs of a hospital. Individual departments must surrender some of the autonomy that a task-oriented system would allow, but they each gain access to a chartless record in the process.