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Health information management in Australia: a brief history of the profession and the Association.(Invited commentaries)
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Health Information Management Journal
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Watson, Phyllis J.
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History can be understood as an aggregation of past events. In researching the history of the medical record profession in Australia it is, therefore, fascinating to see how the development of the profession and Association has been marked by a series of milestones that have collectively produced the profession as we know it today. The Association and profession have evolved in tandem, in conjunction with the growing connection between the national and international associations
Early days: medical records in the mid-20th century
The precursor of the link between the international and the national associations in the initial development of the medical record ...