title: The microprocessor and medicine.
abstract: Technology continues to accelerate at an amazing pace. Where have we been, where are we going, and what do these technology enhancements mean to the health care industry? We are entering the era of the personal computer becoming the window to the multimedia digital world of cyberspace. Microprocessors will continue to improve from one generation to the next to make cyberspace as realistic as possible-and with their improving capabilities will come myriad applications for health care services, either not cost-effective, or not even contemplated, until now. As a leader of an organization, one who approves substantial budgets for information technology, you must ask yourself what new products and services these startling technological advances will create. How will they change health and medical care?
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruffin
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000639:trends; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000639:trends; D003284:Contract Services; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D012666:Semiconductors; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface