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- G Daniel Martich, Carl S Waldmann, and Michael Imhoff.
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15261, USA.
- J Intensive Care Med. 2004 May 1; 19 (3): 154-63.
AbstractHealth care information systems have the potential to enable better care of patients in much the same manner as the widespread use of the automobile and telephone did in the early 20th century. The car and phone were rapidly accepted and embraced throughout the world when these breakthroughs occurred. However, the automation of health care with use of computerized information systems has not been as widely accepted and implemented as computer technology use in all other sectors of the global economy. In this article, the authors examine the need, risks, and rewards of clinical informatics in health care as well as its specific relationship to critical care medicine.
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