Better Health Care Through Technology
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Transforming care delivery through health information technology.
The slow but progressive adoption of health information technology (IT) nationwide promises to usher in a new era in health care. Electronic health record systems provide a complete patient record at the point of care and can help to alleviate some of the challenges of a fragmented delivery system, such as drug-drug interactions. Moreover, health IT promotes evidence-based practice by identifyi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Queue
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1542-7730,1542-7749
DOI: 10.1145/1180176.1180186