Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

The computer-based patient record and Robert Fulghum's 16 principles

M G Kahn1

  • 1Section on Medical Informatics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

M.D. Computing : Computers in Medical Practice
|July 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Clinical Research Informatics for Big Data and Precision Medicine.

Yearbook of medical informatics·2016
Same author

Knowledge-Based Systems.

Yearbook of medical informatics·2016
Same author

The expanding informatics community: blessing or curse?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA·2001
Same author

Clinical research databases and clinical decision making in chronic diseases.

Hormone research·1999
Same author

Nosocomial penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections at a Midwestern university hospital.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology·1998
Same author

Combining laboratory data sets from multiple institutions using the logical observation identifier names and codes (LOINC).

International journal of medical informatics·1998

Kindergarten principles offer a framework for developing computer-based patient records, highlighting cooperation, privacy, security, and standardization. They also address crucial issues like data quality and integrity in electronic medical records.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Computer Science
  • Medical Ethics

Background:

  • Robert Fulghum's 16 kindergarten principles offer a unique lens for evaluating complex systems.
  • The development of computer-based patient records (CPRs) requires consideration of multifaceted principles.
  • Existing frameworks for CPRs may not fully encompass all essential ethical and practical considerations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the applicability of Fulghum's kindergarten principles to the development of computer-based patient records.
  • To identify how these principles can inform essential features of electronic medical records (EMRs).
  • To examine less-discussed issues like data quality, integrity, abuse, and misuse within this framework.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and application of Fulghum's principles to the domain of health informatics.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Comparative review of established CPR/EMR requirements against kindergarten principles.
  • Discussion of ethical and practical implications for data management in electronic health records.

    • Main Results:

    • Fulghum's principles directly map to essential CPR/EMR features: cooperation, privacy, security, and standardization.
    • The principles provide a novel perspective for addressing critical issues such as data quality and integrity.
    • Application of these principles can enhance the ethical design and implementation of electronic medical records.

    Conclusions:

    • Kindergarten principles offer a surprisingly relevant and comprehensive framework for designing robust computer-based patient records.
    • Emphasizing cooperation, privacy, security, and standardization is crucial for successful EMR implementation.
    • A broader ethical consideration, including data quality and misuse, is vital and can be guided by these foundational principles.