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On July 1, 1975, Group Health Cooperative's head of Pharmacy, Phil Nudelman, unveils the Co-OpRX computerized prescription system. This gives doctors and pharmacists instant access to patients' drug histories, including potential allergies and adverse reactions. The system lays the basis for further automation of patient records and helps make Group Health a leader in electronic information systems for health care.
Sources:
Walt Crowley, To Serve the Greatest Number: A History of Group Health Cooperative of Seattle (Seattle: GHC/University of Washington Press, 1995), 146.
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