*Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut,
†3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut,
‡National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Institutions, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia,
§Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington,
¶Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
Reprints: John S. Hughes, MD, c/o 3M Health Information Systems, 100 Barnes Road Wallingford, CT 06492. E-mail:[email protected].
This report was prepared with the support of the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Advanced Technology Program, under cooperative agreement no. 70NANB5H1013 to 3M Health Information Systems. The opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the United States Department of Commerce.