Uses of internet technology in clinical practice.
The practice of medicine has extended itself to vast areas and requires active clinicians to systematize and organize their workload through the use of the most up-to-date digital and computer communication technologies. Computerization and worldwide accessibility of information has especially provided great assistance in this regard. The explosive growth of medical information increases the need for the use of these new methods of organizing and accessing data. This article briefly summarizes a few of the vital tools that internet technology has provided clinical practice, with the aid of basic concepts of internet, database systems, hospital systems and data security and reliability.
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Department of Histopathology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ibm979@hotmail.com
D015510:Clinical Medicine; D016494:Computer Security; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D018907:Privacy