National Survey of Hospital Data Processing--1985.

The National Survey of Hospital Data Processing contains a great wealth of information that the hospitals have contributed in respect to the trends and changes that are now occurring within our hospital data-processing environment. 2-5 We wish to thank all of those hospitals that have participated in this study and have been willing to provide the kind of information that is so essential in tabulating these results. It is our hope that this report will provide some measure of return on your investment and that it will supply some answers to you as you face the difficult questions of planning and projecting for the future. A great deal more information is contained within the study, but it cannot be presented because of the sheer volume of information that remains. For this reason, the survey has been structured as an on-line database rather than a report. We ask that those who have interests in seeking more in-depth information from these files contact our publishing office so that we can advise you of ways that this information can be conveniently made available to you for your special project. There will be a follow-up report for 1986 when that database is complete. For those who wish to do longitudinal studies, a parallel volume was published in August 1985 that should provide a 4-year perspective on the field of hospital data processing.