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Methods Inf Med 1990; 29(02): 158-161
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634772
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Computers in Health Care for the 21st Century

R. I. O’Desky
1   RIO Consultants, Columbia MO
,
M. J. Ball
2   Information Resources Management, University of Maryland at Baltimore
,
E. E. Ball
3   Ernst & Young, Washington DC, USA
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06 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

As the world enters the last decade of the 20th Century, there is a great deal of speculation about the effect of computers on the future delivery of health care. In this article, the authors attempt to identify some of the evolving computer technologies and anticipate what effect they will have by the year 2000. Rather than listing potential accomplishments, each of the affected areas: hardware, software, health care systems and communications, are presented in an evolutionary manner so the reader can better appreciate where we have been and where we are going.

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Future - Hardware - Software - Health Care Systems - Communications
 

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