MARS: the electronic medical record system: the core of the Kaiser galaxy
by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Gail L. Mills
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Vol. 3, No. 5/6, 2001

Abstract: The growth of e-commerce (electronic commerce) is vast, complex and rapidly expanding. E-commerce is clearly an integral part of business, spreading across the areas of Business to Consumer, Business to Business, e-government and e-health. In fact, we could be forgiven for thinking we are in the e-millennium. E-medical records are an example of one such e-initiative to touch the healthcare sector. However, the true advantages of these e-medical records are not clear. We present the case example of MARS, the automated medical record system at Kaiser Permanente-Ohio. In so doing we show that the true advantage of this system is that it functions as a knowledge management system (KMS) simultaneously enabling and facilitating convergence and compliance of healthcare treatment as well as enhancing and supporting the creation and renewal of knowledge pertaining to healthcare delivery.

Online publication date: Mon, 30-Jun-2003

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