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Designing archival programs to advance knowledge in the health fields
xxiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
The broadening base and changing media of evidence in the health fields -- Assessing the context for archival programs in the health fields -- Archives as fundamental resources for the study and teaching of history -- Preserving patient records to support health care delivery, teaching, and research -- Collecting scientific data with ongoing value for research and teaching -- Computerization and a new era for archives -- Preparing archival programs for the health fields -- Reconceptualizing the design of archival programs -- Buildng relevant, well-focused and coherent holdings -- Promoting and facilitating wider use of holdings -- Standardizing and unifying the management of holdings -- Computerizing basic archival functions -- Making provisions for the management of contemporary records -- Making provisions for the management of historical records and personal papers -- Making provisions for the management of material evidence.
Conclusion -- Appendix: Hospitals that participated in the national records survey of academic medical centers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.