Department of Medicine Historic Contributions

First Inpatient Electronic Record:  Dr. Larry Weed

Home of  S.O.A.P.:  the Problem Oriented Medical Record and Problem Oriented System

Part of the team that established CRP as a cardiovascular risk factor

First regional, multi-institutional, laboratory-based registry of diabetes patients

Oldest primary care track IM Residency program

First sharing of medical records with patients and reporting on the impact

First description of a role of histamine receptors in autoimmunity

First statewide registry of all mammograms, other breast diagnostics, breast biopsies and confirmed cancers

First description of impaired myocardial calcium transport in human heart failure

First to show the impact of the introduction of quality principles of Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)

Introduced the concept of a health maintenance examination

Demonstrated first decrease in mortality from CHD in the country as a result of the institution of statewide CCU’s.