Ernest Codman’s attempt to implement an “end result system” responsible for monitoring patient health for one year post treatment as a way to ensure care and improve future treatment protocols radically transformed medical care standards.
His contributions could be noted through the following records:
-Hospital correspondence: highlights Codman’s attempts to change hospital standards through visitations and discussions as well as the lack of record keeping at the time.
-Patient Data and Research: displays Codman’s effort to standardize record keeping
-Patient Records and Cases: identifies his meticulous recording of patient’s demographics and how that knowledge could potentially have a greater effect on future cases.
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