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		<title>NeilArmstrong: Added a glossary link to treatment~</title>
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		<updated>2012-04-24T11:54:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Added a glossary link to treatment~&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l5&quot;&gt;Line 5:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&amp;#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical [[record~|Record]], initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory [[Record~|Record]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&amp;#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical [[record~|Record]], initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory [[Record~|Record]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://books.google.com/books?id=DC9CTrk9AYwC&amp;amp;pg=PA51&amp;amp;lpg=PA51&amp;amp;dq=costar+users+group+dambro&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=ix5nvawXrG&amp;amp;sig=895MDB-t2OtaYYKKoe2NriISY9Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=fMVRTKH5CoH7lweR46XlBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false As of 2004] COSTAR still had hundreds of user sites around the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://books.google.com/books?id=DC9CTrk9AYwC&amp;amp;pg=PA51&amp;amp;lpg=PA51&amp;amp;dq=costar+users+group+dambro&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=ix5nvawXrG&amp;amp;sig=895MDB-t2OtaYYKKoe2NriISY9Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=fMVRTKH5CoH7lweR46XlBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false As of 2004] COSTAR still had hundreds of user sites around the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;treatment&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;~|Treatment]] &lt;/ins&gt;rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>NeilArmstrong</name></author>
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		<title>NeilArmstrong: Added  a glossary link to record~</title>
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		<updated>2012-04-01T14:06:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Added  a glossary link to record~&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:06, 1 April 2012&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MUMPS&amp;amp;section=1#History History of MUMPS] Neil Papallardo  and Dr. Octo Barnett&amp;#039;s team at Massachussetts General Hospital wrote MUMPS in 1966.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MUMPS&amp;amp;section=1#History History of MUMPS] Neil Papallardo  and Dr. Octo Barnett&amp;#039;s team at Massachussetts General Hospital wrote MUMPS in 1966.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical record, initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;record&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;~|Record]]&lt;/ins&gt;, initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Record~|&lt;/ins&gt;Record&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://books.google.com/books?id=DC9CTrk9AYwC&amp;amp;pg=PA51&amp;amp;lpg=PA51&amp;amp;dq=costar+users+group+dambro&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=ix5nvawXrG&amp;amp;sig=895MDB-t2OtaYYKKoe2NriISY9Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=fMVRTKH5CoH7lweR46XlBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false As of 2004] COSTAR still had hundreds of user sites around the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://books.google.com/books?id=DC9CTrk9AYwC&amp;amp;pg=PA51&amp;amp;lpg=PA51&amp;amp;dq=costar+users+group+dambro&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=ix5nvawXrG&amp;amp;sig=895MDB-t2OtaYYKKoe2NriISY9Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=fMVRTKH5CoH7lweR46XlBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false As of 2004] COSTAR still had hundreds of user sites around the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&amp;#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&amp;#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>NeilArmstrong</name></author>
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		<title>DavidWhitten at 20:54, 6 August 2010</title>
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		<updated>2010-08-06T20:54:34Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 20:54, 6 August 2010&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;COSTAR was a predecessor of VistA. It was developed with federal funds and released to the public domain, but received little if any federal support after that -- only users&#039; groups. It is little remembered, although hardy users continue to rely on it today. A commercialized version is [http://www.mssopus.com/about.htm here].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;COSTAR was a predecessor of VistA. It was developed with federal funds and released to the public domain, but received little if any federal support after that -- only users&#039; groups. It is little remembered, although hardy users continue to rely on it today. A commercialized version is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;available from mssopus.com (&lt;/ins&gt;[http://www.mssopus.com/about.htm here]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>DavidWhitten</name></author>
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		<title>Ssw0213: still in use</title>
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		<updated>2010-07-29T18:32:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;still in use&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 18:32, 29 July 2010&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;COSTAR was a predecessor of VistA. It was developed with federal funds and released to the public domain, but received little if any federal support after that -- only users&#039; groups. It &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;dwindled and &lt;/del&gt;is little remembered, although &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;variants &lt;/del&gt;continue &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in use &lt;/del&gt;today. A commercialized version is [http://www.mssopus.com/about.htm here].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;COSTAR was a predecessor of VistA. It was developed with federal funds and released to the public domain, but received little if any federal support after that -- only users&#039; groups. It is little remembered, although &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;hardy users &lt;/ins&gt;continue &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;to rely on it &lt;/ins&gt;today. A commercialized version is [http://www.mssopus.com/about.htm here].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MUMPS&amp;amp;section=1#History History of MUMPS] Neil Papallardo  and Dr. Octo Barnett&amp;#039;s team at Massachussetts General Hospital wrote MUMPS in 1966.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MUMPS&amp;amp;section=1#History History of MUMPS] Neil Papallardo  and Dr. Octo Barnett&amp;#039;s team at Massachussetts General Hospital wrote MUMPS in 1966.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&amp;#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical record, initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&amp;#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical record, initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* [http://books.google.com/books?id=DC9CTrk9AYwC&amp;amp;pg=PA51&amp;amp;lpg=PA51&amp;amp;dq=costar+users+group+dambro&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=ix5nvawXrG&amp;amp;sig=895MDB-t2OtaYYKKoe2NriISY9Q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=fMVRTKH5CoH7lweR46XlBQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=3&amp;amp;ved=0CBwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false As of 2004] COSTAR still had hundreds of user sites around the world.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&amp;#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&amp;#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;COSTAR was a predecessor of VistA. It was developed with federal funds and released to the public domain, but received little if any federal support after that -- only users&amp;#039; groups. It dwindled and is little remembered, although variants continue in use today. A commercialized version is [http://www.mssopus.com/about.htm here].&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MUMPS&amp;amp;section=1#History History of MUMPS] Neil Papallardo  and Dr. Octo Barnett&amp;#039;s team at Massachussetts General Hospital wrote MUMPS in 1966. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.ehow.com/about_5042653_history-electronic-medical-records.html History of EMR&amp;#039;s] -- The intent was to implement an electronic medical record, initially named COSTAR -- Computer-Stored Ambulatory Record&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=2491&amp;amp;UID= Early studies of EMR effectiveness] Barnett published several studies starting in the 1970&amp;#039;s on COSTAR, showing that computer-generated reminders could improve clinical measures such as treatment rates for strep throat, followup of abnormal blood pressures, and compliance with standards for syphilis care and lithium prescribing. University of Nebraska showed improvement in some measures, and interestingly, found that two particular attending professors produced residents with much better compliance scores than the others.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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