Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Volume 24 - Health in the New Communications Age

This book marks a transition between two eras in the use of computers for health. Before was the era of small isolated computer clusters, found mainly in hospitals and restricted to administrative functions like staff salaries and patient billing. Now comes the era of worldwide high speed network...

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Main Authors: Laires, M.F., Ladeira, M.J., J.P., Christensen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: IOS Press 2014
Online Access:https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/36886
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Institutions: Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt
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Summary:This book marks a transition between two eras in the use of computers for health. Before was the era of small isolated computer clusters, found mainly in hospitals and restricted to administrative functions like staff salaries and patient billing. Now comes the era of worldwide high speed networks of computer networks and its newly heralded social revolution: the INFORMATION SOCIETY. It promises higher quality and more efficient care by an almost instantaneous world-wide availability of information on all aspects of best practices in the domain.