About the Speaker: Clem McDonald MD
Clement McDonald MD developed the 20-year-old Regenstrief medical record system, the oldest and largest computerized medical record system in the United States. The Regenstrief Institute is a privately endowed research institute for the study of health-care quality and economic issues. He was the principal investigator of a study that established a link between use of computers by physicians to write orders for in-patients and lower costs for hospitalization (New England Journal of Medicine, January 1993). McDonald also fostered and stimulated development of standards for electronic exchange of clinical information between independent computer systems. Additionally he is Professor of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA)

Abstract:
This seminar will describe the Regenstrief development experience from medical record systems to physician order entry to community wide computer systems and lessons learned along the way. We tend to confuse hope with proven fact regarding the benefits of information systems, and overlook both the problems and the benefits of the mundane. We will highlight a sample of these kinds of issues, that if recognized will lead to more successful medical informatics systems.