PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G. Powell
TI  - Microchips versus stethoscopes, part 2: Revisiting OSCAR at the Foothills Hospital
DP  - 1996 Dec 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1601--1603
VI  - 155
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/11/1601.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/11/1601.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Dec 01; 155
AB  - Several years have passed since the Foothills Hospital in Calgary installed a multi-million-dollar computerized patient-information system. When it arrived, the computer system known as OSCAR created controversy, anxiety and arguments among clinical caregivers who found it tedious, time consuming and cumbersome. Gregory Powell looks at how OSCAR has since changed the clinical landscape at Foothills.