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Editorial

Editorial Professional eminence: an individual and a collective concern Establishing a unique body of knowledge is critical to the growth and maturity of a profession. The message is as true for the medical record profession as for any other. But where, in this year of Australia's bicentenary, does the medical record profession stand in terms of its development - and how is such progress to be measured? In her paper on 'The Impact of Telecommunications Technology on Health Record Management', Jennifer Mitchell places the issue fair and square in the context of the Information Age (see pp. 7-10 in this issue of the Journal). As she says: Information technology will have a significant impact on the role ofthe medical record administrator (MRA) within the next decade, much more so than has been the case until now . . . Our ability to move information around and to deliver information to users is going to increase vastly ... Instead of MRAs tussling with the problem of trying to adapt manual systems, record formats and forms design to suit automated systems, automated systems have finally been developed so that they can cope with handwritten and graphic information . . . Mitchell's challenge http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Medical Record Journal SAGE

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1988 Health Information Management Association of Australia Limited
ISSN
0817-3907
eISSN
1833-3575
DOI
10.1177/183335838801800102
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Abstract

Professional eminence: an individual and a collective concern Establishing a unique body of knowledge is critical to the growth and maturity of a profession. The message is as true for the medical record profession as for any other. But where, in this year of Australia's bicentenary, does the medical record profession stand in terms of its development - and how is such progress to be measured? In her paper on 'The Impact of Telecommunications Technology on Health Record Management', Jennifer Mitchell places the issue fair and square in the context of the Information Age (see pp. 7-10 in this issue of the Journal). As she says: Information technology will have a significant impact on the role ofthe medical record administrator (MRA) within the next decade, much more so than has been the case until now . . . Our ability to move information around and to deliver information to users is going to increase vastly ... Instead of MRAs tussling with the problem of trying to adapt manual systems, record formats and forms design to suit automated systems, automated systems have finally been developed so that they can cope with handwritten and graphic information . . . Mitchell's challenge

Journal

Australian Medical Record JournalSAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1988

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