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The future of medical computing.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12026140     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The practice of medicine is inherently dependent upon health technology. Clinicians use a wide variety of technologies in diagnosing, treating, and assessing the care of their patients. In this book, The Future of Health Technology, many different aspects of health technology are discussed in detail. Considering this breadth of coverage, it is challenging to ascertain what remains to be discussed in this chapter on "the future of medical computing". Given this considerable coverage, this chapter will open with a brief vision of the future of medical computing from three perspectives--the Patient, the Ambulatory Provider, and the Hospitalist. Discussion follows on the current and future driving forces for change in healthcare technology, and an overview of the unresolved issues that must be addressed. Necessarily, this chapter will not provide more than an overview of these topics and issues. Rather, it is the author's intent to present several visions of the future of medical computing and outline the issues, which must be overcome to achieve the vision.
Authors:
Blackford Middleton
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Studies in health technology and informatics     Volume:  80     ISSN:  0926-9630     ISO Abbreviation:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Publication Date:  2002  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-05-23     Completed Date:  2002-06-10     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9214582     Medline TA:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  85-98     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
Clinical & Quality Analysis, Partners Health Care System, Harvard Medical School, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Ambulatory Care / trends
Biomedical Technology*
Computer Security
Confidentiality
Delivery of Health Care / trends*
Ethics, Medical
Forecasting
Hospitalists
Humans
Internet
Medical Informatics / trends*
Medical Records Systems, Computerized / trends
Privacy
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