| What can technology do to, and for, family medicine? | |
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PMID: 11322524 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Medical technology can be divided into information technology, diagnostic technology, and therapeutic technology. These technologies can enhance the care of patients in a family practice; they also have the potential to diminish or fragment family practice when the technologies can only be provided by specialists. While some family physicians have an aversion to technological advances, we believe it is imperative that family physicians participate in the development of technologies that enhance family practice and improve patient outcomes in primary care practice. These include electronic medical records, decision support systems, tools for managing medical information, and others. Criteria are presented to help determine when these new technologies should be adopted into practice. |
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Authors:
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M H Ebell; P Frame |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Family medicine Volume: 33 ISSN: 0742-3225 ISO Abbreviation: Fam Med Publication Date: 2001 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-04-26 Completed Date: 2001-09-13 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8306464 Medline TA: Fam Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 311-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, USA. ebell@msu.edu |
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
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trends Family Practice / trends* Humans Information Systems / trends Technology, Medical* / standards, trends Therapeutics / trends |
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